Avaliação neuropsicológica verbal versus não-verbal de crianças com epilepsia
AUTOR(ES)
Andrea Amaro Quesada
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
The aim of the present study was to identify the cognitive functions affected by epilepsy, the main factors associated to these functions decays and to compare the sensitiveness to cognitive functions of verbal and non-verbal tests of intelligence. Thirty children with diagnosed epilepsy, aged between three years, seven months and eleven years, eight months old and under the supervision of the Pediatric Neurological Service of Hospital University of Brasília were analyzed. The children were submitted to clinic neurological exams, electroencephalograms (EEG) and, in some cases, neuroimage exams. Besides, the cognitive functions of these children were assessed by verbal (WISC-III e WPPSI-III) and non-verbal tests of intelligence (SON-R). The visual perception was analysed by the Bender test (Gestaltic Visualmotor Test). In general, the subjects diagnosed with epilepsy had a global and homogeneous demotion in all investigated cognitive functions. The mean IQ of (intelligence quotient) these children was lower than that of normal children. The mean of Distraction Resistance, among the fatorial index, was borderline, which can be associated to use of antiepileptic drugs. On the other hand, no differences were found in the intellectual performance of children diagnosed with generalized epilepsy and of those children diagnosed parcial epilepsy and nor between children treated with one antiepileptic drug and two or more antiepileptic drugs. Besides, the neuropsychological evaluation model of this work showed itself effective to multidisciplinary intervention in hospital context with great demand, allowing the comprehension about relations among analyzed variables and offering subsidies to interventive actions of staff to these children.
ASSUNTO(S)
funções cognitivas avaliação neuropsicológica epilepsy psicologia antiepileptic drugs neuropsychological assessment drogas antiepilépticas cognitive functions epilepsia
