Gender as a moderator of memory after traumatic brain injury in children.
J Head Trauma Rehabil
; 18(2): 106-15, 2003.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the possibility that gender has a moderating effect on memory after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI).DESIGN:
Controlled group study. Gender effects between and within groups were evaluated by means of effect size comparisons and hierarchical regression analysis.SETTING:
Regional rehabilitation center.PARTICIPANTS:
Seventy children with TBI, selected from a 4-year series of consecutive referrals, and 70 demographically matched controls. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Screening version of the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML-S) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III).RESULTS:
Boys with TBI performed worse than girls with TBI, and worse than their counterparts in the control group, on the WRAML-S. There was no gender effect in the control group. Gender explained an additional 9% of the variance in WRAML-S performance over and above injury severity and age variables. However, gender differences were largely attenuated when speed of information processing, as assessed by the WISC-III, was used as a covariate.CONCLUSION:
The effect of TBI on children's memory appears to be moderated by gender and may be mediated by speed of information processing.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Lesões Encefálicas
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Transtornos da Memória
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Processos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Head Trauma Rehabil
Assunto da revista:
REABILITACAO
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos