Cognitive function in Nigerian children with newly diagnosed epilepsy: a preliminary report
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ike Lagunju; Gbemi Olukolade; Yetunde Adeniyi
- Source
- The Pan African Medical Journal
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
cognitive functions
Adolescent
Nigeria
03 medical and health sciences
Epilepsy
0302 clinical medicine
Borderline intellectual functioning
Cognition
030225 pediatrics
Intellectual disability
medicine
Prevalence
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Prospective Studies
Age of Onset
Psychiatry
Child
WISC-IV
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
Intelligence quotient
business.industry
Research
Wechsler Scales
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
General Medicine
medicine.disease
intellectual disability
Female
Age of onset
business
Cognition Disorders
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1937-8688
INTRODUCTION Epilepsy has long been associated with cognitive dysfunction and educational underachievement. The purpose of the study was to describe the baseline findings from a larger prospective study. METHODS New cases of epilepsy aged 6-16 years seen at a paediatric neurology clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria were evaluated for any evidence of cognitive impairment. Intelligence quotient (IQ) of the participants was measured using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV). Scores on cognitive subtests and Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) were computed and association between the subsets scores and seizure variables were calculated. RESULTS 40 children, 24 males and 16 females were studied and their ages ranged from 6 to 16 years with a mean of 10.8 (SD=3.0) years. Global intellectual functioning as measured by the WISC-IV was in the normal range (FSIQ scores