Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy
Objective To compare the executive functions of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy with a control group and to correlate with clinical data, intelligence and academic performance. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study. Thirty-one cases and thirty-five controls wer...
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| author | Andrea Bandeira de Lima Fernanda Moreira Marleide da Mota Gomes Heber Maia-Filho |
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| description | Objective To compare the executive functions of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy with a control group and to correlate with clinical data, intelligence and academic performance. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study. Thirty-one cases and thirty-five controls were evaluated by the WCST (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test).The results were compared with clinical data (seizure type and frequency, disease duration and number of antiepileptic drugs used), IQ (WISC-III) and academic performance (APT). Results Patients with epilepsy had poorer executive function scores. There was no positive linear correlation between test scores and epilepsy variables. There was a positive association between academic performance and some executive function results. Conclusion Children with well controlled idiopathic epilepsy may show deficits in executive functions in spite of clinical variables. Those deficits may influence academic performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3458dd2cf0a647849190ddacac1a1d4f2022-12-21T18:29:07ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272014-12-01721295495910.1590/0004-282X20140191S0004-282X2014001200954Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsyAndrea Bandeira de LimaFernanda MoreiraMarleide da Mota GomesHeber Maia-FilhoObjective To compare the executive functions of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy with a control group and to correlate with clinical data, intelligence and academic performance. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study. Thirty-one cases and thirty-five controls were evaluated by the WCST (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test).The results were compared with clinical data (seizure type and frequency, disease duration and number of antiepileptic drugs used), IQ (WISC-III) and academic performance (APT). Results Patients with epilepsy had poorer executive function scores. There was no positive linear correlation between test scores and epilepsy variables. There was a positive association between academic performance and some executive function results. Conclusion Children with well controlled idiopathic epilepsy may show deficits in executive functions in spite of clinical variables. Those deficits may influence academic performance.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014001200954&lng=en&tlng=enepilepsiafunção executivacriançaadolescente |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Bandeira de Lima Fernanda Moreira Marleide da Mota Gomes Heber Maia-Filho Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria epilepsia função executiva criança adolescente |
| title | Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy |
| title_full | Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy |
| title_fullStr | Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy |
| title_short | Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy |
| title_sort | clinical and neuropsychological assessment of executive function in a sample of children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy |
| topic | epilepsia função executiva criança adolescente |
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