BACKGROUND: Survivors of @entity5 are at risk for neuropsychological late effects, yet identifying those in need of evaluation and obtaining needed services can be challenging for the medical team. Finding time- and cost-effective screening measures that can be used to identify @entity1 in need of evaluation is a clinical priority. Our objective was to investigate the association between parent-rated attention problems and related @entity73 in @entity5 survivors as a means of identifying those at high risk for difficulties. METHODS: Cognitive and psychosocial data of survivors who completed neuropsychological evaluations were retrospectively abstracted. Parents of 70 survivors of pediatric @entity5 (mean age, 11.6 years) completed the Conners Parent Rating Scale and the @entity1 Behavior Checklist. @entity1 also completed a measure of intellectual functioning. The 18 symptoms of inattention and @entity2915 were abstracted from the Conners questionnaire, and @entity1 were classified according to whether or not they met @entity71 ( @entity71 ) symptom criteria (>= 6 inattentive symptoms). RESULTS: Survivors who met symptom criteria for @entity71 (27%) demonstrated @entity73 in @entity2414 , but not processing speed, than survivors who did not. Meeting @entity71 symptom criteria was also associated with greater externalizing and social problems but not more internalizing symptoms. @entity71 symptom screening was associated with low sensitivity (range = 26.3%-69.2%) but stronger specificity (range = 75.0%-82.7%) for neuropsychological difficulties. CONCLUSION: Parental ratings of attentional symptoms may be a useful way to screen survivors who may be in need of a full neuropsychological assessment.

The potential utility of parent-reported attention screening in survivors of XXXX to identify those in need of comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'Child', 'children', 'Children'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['childhood cancer', 'cancer'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['greater impairments', 'neuropsychological impairments'] @entity71 :: ('MESH:D001289', 'Disease') :: ['ADHD', 'attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder'] @entity2915 :: ('MESH:D006948', 'Disease') :: ['hyperactivity'] @entity2414 :: ('MESH:D008569', 'Disease') :: ['IQ and working memory']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['childhood cancer']
