The Impact of Childhood Epilepsy on Neurocognitive and Behavioral Performance: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

• Published in: Epilepsia (Copenhagen) Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 426 - 431
• Main Authors: Bailet, Laura L., Turk, William R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2000; Blackwell
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Achievement; Age Factors; Anticonvulsants - pharmacology; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis; Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology; Childhood epilepsy; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - epidemiology; Comorbidity; Education, Special; Electroencephalography - statistics & numerical data; Epilepsy - diagnosis; Epilepsy - drug therapy; Epilepsy - epidemiology; Female; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Humans; Intelligence Tests; Learning Disorders - diagnosis; Learning Disorders - epidemiology; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurocognitive outcomes; Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data; Prospective Studies; Psychomotor Performance; Reaction Time; Human; Performance evaluation; Academic achievement; Nervous system diseases; Follow up study; Epilepsy; Central nervous system disease; Evolution; Psychometrics; Cognition; Child; Cerebral disorder

Purpose: To assess neurocognitive and behavioral performance in children with idiopathic epilepsy (CWE, n = 74), their siblings without epilepsy (control, n = 23), and children with migraine (CWM, n = 13), and to identify medical factors related to learning or behavioral problems in CWE. Methods: Su...