Cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with idiopathic epilepsy in a low-income area of Ankara, Turkey / Shirley EPIR in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 26-2 (April 1984)

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 26-2 (April 1984) . - p.200-207 Titre : Cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with idiopathic epilepsy in a low-income area of Ankara, Turkey Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Shirley EPIR, Auteur ; Yavuz RENDA, Auteur ; Nurten BASER, Auteur Année de publication : 1984 Article en page(s) : p.200-207 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Fifteen school-age children with idiopathic epilepsy but with no other neurological symptoms were compared with non-epileptic children, matched for age, on four cognitive tests selected to measure specific cognitive skills at two levels of functioning, and a behaviour rating scale. All children were from a low-income district of Ankara, Turkey. Epileptic children did as well as controls on the recognition of a geometric designs test but were significantly inferior at drawing these designs, suggesting some deficit at a cognitive level involving coordination of perception and motor activity. In language functioning, they were significantly poorer on the receptive test but not on the expressive test. They had significantly more behavioural problems than either the control group or their own siblings, those related to fears and anxiety being most prominent. However, in comparison with their siblings, they also had significantly more problems related to conduct- disobedience and inattention. These findings provide further evidence for the importance of some form of counselling for school-age epileptic children and their families. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=575 [article] Cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with idiopathic epilepsy in a low-income area of Ankara, Turkey [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Shirley EPIR, Auteur ; Yavuz RENDA, Auteur ; Nurten BASER, Auteur . - 1984 . - p.200-207. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 26-2 (April 1984) . - p.200-207 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Fifteen school-age children with idiopathic epilepsy but with no other neurological symptoms were compared with non-epileptic children, matched for age, on four cognitive tests selected to measure specific cognitive skills at two levels of functioning, and a behaviour rating scale. All children were from a low-income district of Ankara, Turkey. Epileptic children did as well as controls on the recognition of a geometric designs test but were significantly inferior at drawing these designs, suggesting some deficit at a cognitive level involving coordination of perception and motor activity. In language functioning, they were significantly poorer on the receptive test but not on the expressive test. They had significantly more behavioural problems than either the control group or their own siblings, those related to fears and anxiety being most prominent. However, in comparison with their siblings, they also had significantly more problems related to conduct- disobedience and inattention. These findings provide further evidence for the importance of some form of counselling for school-age epileptic children and their families. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=575

Urban Turkish children's performance on the Denver Developmental Screening Test / Shirley EPIR in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 26-5 (October 1984)

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 26-5 (October 1984) . - p.632-643 Titre : Urban Turkish children's performance on the Denver Developmental Screening Test Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Shirley EPIR, Auteur ; Kalbiye YALAZ, Auteur Année de publication : 1984 Article en page(s) : p.632-643 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Normative data for 1176 healthy, urban Turkish children were analysed for sex and social-class differences in performance of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST). Sex differences were minor, and were similar to those found in other countries. Social-class differences, however, in contrast to findings in other DDST studies, were consistently in favour of the more advantaged children in all areas of functioning from about the age of 10 months. These differences became more marked with age, particularly in language and fine-motor skills. These findings indicate considerable cultural differences within urban Turkey and suggest that the use of only one set of norms may lead to misdiagnosis. Further, they question the predictive validity of this test for lower-class urban Turkish children, particularly for language and fine-motor tasks. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=582 [article] Urban Turkish children's performance on the Denver Developmental Screening Test [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Shirley EPIR, Auteur ; Kalbiye YALAZ, Auteur . - 1984 . - p.632-643. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 26-5 (October 1984) . - p.632-643 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Normative data for 1176 healthy, urban Turkish children were analysed for sex and social-class differences in performance of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST). Sex differences were minor, and were similar to those found in other countries. Social-class differences, however, in contrast to findings in other DDST studies, were consistently in favour of the more advantaged children in all areas of functioning from about the age of 10 months. These differences became more marked with age, particularly in language and fine-motor skills. These findings indicate considerable cultural differences within urban Turkey and suggest that the use of only one set of norms may lead to misdiagnosis. Further, they question the predictive validity of this test for lower-class urban Turkish children, particularly for language and fine-motor tasks. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=582

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