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The Impact of Sociodemographic Disadvantage on Cognitive Outcomes in Children With Newly Diagnosed Seizures and Their Unaffected Siblings Over 36 Months.
Oyegbile-Chidi, Temitayo; Harvey, Danielle; Dunn, David; Jones, Jana; Byars, Anna; Fastenau, Philip; Austin, Joan; Hermann, Bruce.
Afiliación
  • Oyegbile-Chidi T; Department of Neurology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California. Electronic address: oyegbilechidi@ucdavis.edu.
  • Harvey D; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California.
  • Dunn D; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Jones J; Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Byars A; Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Fastenau P; Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Austin J; Distinguished Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Hermann B; Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
Pediatr Neurol ; 148: 178-188, 2023 Nov.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37742443
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Accumulating evidence indicates that children with newly diagnosed epilepsy have comorbidities including cognitive challenges. Research investigating comorbidities has focused on clinical epilepsy characteristics and neurobiological/genetic correlates. The role that sociodemographic disadvantage (SD) may play has received less attention. We investigated the role of SD in cognitive status in youth with newly diagnosed epilepsy over a follow-up of 36 months to determine the degree, extent, and duration of the role of disadvantage.

METHODS:

A total of 289 children (six to 16 years) within six weeks of their first seizure along with 167 siblings underwent comprehensive neuropsychological assessments (intelligence, language, memory, executive function, processing speed, and academic achievement) at baseline, 18 months later, and at 36 months from baseline. Baseline demographic information (race, caregivers education, household income, and parental marital status), clinical epilepsy characteristics (e.g., age of onset), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalographic (EEG) information was collected.

RESULTS:

An SD index was computed for each family and categorized into four groups by level of disadvantage. In children and siblings, the least disadvantaged group exhibited the highest Full-Scale IQ, neuropsychological factor scores, and academic performances, whereas the most disadvantaged showed the polar opposite with the worst performances across all tests. Findings remained stable and significant over 36 months. Linear regression analyses indicated that disadvantage was a more constant and stable predictor of cognitive and academic performance over time compared with clinical epilepsy characteristics and MRI/EEG abnormalities.

CONCLUSIONS:

This study indicates the strong association between SD and cognitive/academic performance in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy and their siblings is significant and predictive of three-year cognitive outcomes.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Pediatr Neurol Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA / PEDIATRIA Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Pediatr Neurol Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA / PEDIATRIA Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article