Social cognition in children with epilepsy in mainstream education.
Dev Med Child Neurol
; 57(1): 53-9, 2015 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
To establish whether deficits in social cognition are present in children with generalized or focal epilepsy in mainstream education, and whether any relation exists between social cognition, communication, and behaviour measures.METHOD:
In a cross-sectional study, children with an epilepsy-only diagnoses in mainstream education (n=20 with generalized epilepsy; eight males, 12 females; mean age 11y 6mo, SD 2y 6mo; and n=27 with focal epilepsy; 12 males, 15 females; mean age 11y 8mo, SD 2y 2mo) and comparison participants (n=57; 28 males, 29 females; mean age 11y 2mo, SD 2y 4mo) were administered the Strange Stories task and the Mind in the Eyes task, as well as an IQ assessment. Parents completed the Children's Communication Checklist-2 and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).RESULTS:
Both groups of children with epilepsy performed more poorly than control children on the Mental Stories component of the Strange Stories task, F(2,101)=3.2, p<0.001. Performance on Mental Stories was related to pragmatic communication, but only in the generalized epilepsy group (r=0.51, p=0.03, 95% CI=0.2-0.8). There were no differences between epilepsy groups or control participants in the Mind in the Eyes task, F(2,101)=0.4, p=0.4.INTERPRETATION:
Children with 'epilepsy only' are at risk of deficits in social cognition and may require appropriate support.
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Assunto principal:
Percepção Social
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Comportamento Verbal
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Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil
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Epilepsias Parciais
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Epilepsia Generalizada
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Expressão Facial
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Teoria da Mente
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_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:
Dev Med Child Neurol
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido