Psychosocial functioning following surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy in childhood

Psychosocial functioning was examined in 13 children who had undergone surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy. The ratings of each child's social, emotional and behavioural problems were obtained via parent and teacher reports made an average of 2 years post-operatively. Parents viewed the...

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Published in:Child's nervous system 2003-03, Vol.19 (3), p.179-182
Main Authors: KORNELUK, Yolanda G, KUEHN, Sally M, KEENE, Daniel L, VENTUREYRA, Enrique C. G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Amygdala - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Behavior - psychology
Child, Preschool
Epilepsy - psychology
Epilepsy - surgery
Faculty
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Neurosurgery
Parents
Postoperative Complications - psychology
Psychometrics - methods
Retrospective Studies
Skull, brain, vascular surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Summary:Psychosocial functioning was examined in 13 children who had undergone surgical treatment for intractable epilepsy. The ratings of each child's social, emotional and behavioural problems were obtained via parent and teacher reports made an average of 2 years post-operatively. Parents viewed their children as having greater social difficulties than reported in standardisation samples. Although the overall level of difficulty fell below clinically significant cut-offs, the proportion of children who were rated as having clinically significant levels of difficulties approached significance. Teachers rated these children as displaying more symptoms of anxiety and depression, although the levels remained subclinical. These results are discussed in view of the complex interaction between neurological and environmental variables involved in social-emotional functioning following surgical treatment for epilepsy.
ISSN:0256-7040
1433-0350
DOI:10.1007/s00381-003-0723-3