Late Psychological Consequences of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in Children 5-13 Years Old  

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Lis, Stanislawa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research vol. 02 no. 03 (Aug. 1994), page 164-170.
Topik: Cerebrospinal Meningitis; Late Consequences; Intelligence Development Delay; Visual Perception Delay; Drive Disturbance; School-Age Children; Cognitive Development; Brain Damage
Fulltext: Childhood-1994-Lis-164-170 (04Y088).pdf (515.59KB)

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Follow-up data of 175 full-term 5 to 13-year-old children were analysed. The experimental group consisted of 85 children who had cerebrospinal meningitis before their second birthday. Two control groups consisted of 190 children who had no sign of nervous disease in postnatal life; 100 of these children had a history of complicated pregnancy and/or course of neonatal period. In 90 children the course of pre- and perinatal periods was uncomplicated. Psychological examinations concentrated upon evaluating intelligence (using WISC), visual perception (the Bender test) and psychomotoric drive (observations, proofs of immobility and data from interviews with one or both parents). Results of the study indicate that children with cerebrospinal meningitis suffered before their second birthday usually had disturbed cognitive development (achieved lower levels of intelligence development, often demonstrated serious discrepancies between Verbal and Performance DQs, had delayed and/or disturbed perceptual development) and showed drive disturbances. Developmental delays and disturbances found in children with a history of cerebrospinal meningitis were the results of damage to their CNS. The author believes that serious developmental delays and disturbances were rather the consequences of pathologies in the course of pre- and perinatal periods, as well as genetic irregularities, than diseases suffered in the past per se.

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