OBJECTIVE: To define non-verbal intelligence deficits in children3-7 years of age following shunted hydrocephalus (HCP). DESIGN: Prospective randomised single-blinded study. Thirty shunted HCP (study) and 30 cardiac (control) patients between the ages of 3 and 7 years were compared on eight non-verbal subtests of the Junior South African Individual Scales (JSAIS). SETTING: Department of Neurosurgery at Wentworth Hospital, Durban, South Africa. RESULTS: Significant differences between the HCP and cardiac groups were recorded on all eight subtests of the JSAIS. The HCP group experienced problems with spatial orientation, perceptual planning and organisation, emotive deficits, abstract thinking and visual concepts. CONCLUSION: All patients with shunted HCP had specific deficiencies in defined cognitive areas of non-verbal intelligence when compared with the controls. Further studies are warranted to determine the effects of ventriculoperitoneal shunting on non-verbal intelligence so that the special educational needs of HCP children may be met.
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OBJECTIVE: To define non-verbal intelligence deficits in children 3-7 years of age following shunted hydrocephalus (HCP). DESIGN: Prospective randomised single-blinded study. Thirty shunted HCP (study) and 30 cardiac (control) patients between the ages of 3 and 7 years were compared on eight non-verbal subtests of the Junior South African Individual Scales (JSAIS). SETTING: Department of Neurosurgery at Wentworth Hospital, Durban, South Africa. RESULTS: Significant differences between the HCP and cardiac groups were recorded on all eight subtests of the JSAIS. The HCP group experienced problems with spatial orientation, perceptual planning and organisation, emotive deficits, abstract thinking and visual concepts. CONCLUSION: All patients with shunted HCP had specific deficiencies in defined cognitive areas of non-verbal intelligence when compared with the controls. Further studies are warranted to determine the effects of ventriculoperitoneal shunting on non-verbal intelligence so that the special educational needs of HCP children may be met.
Authors: Weihong Yuan; Karen Harpster; Blaise V Jones; Joshua S Shimony; Robert C McKinstry; Nicole Weckherlin; Stephanie S Powell; Holly Barnard; Jack Engsberg; Darren S Kadis; Jonathan Dodd; Mekibib Altaye; David D Limbrick; Scott K Holland; Sarah M Simpson; Sarah Bidwell; Francesco T Mangano Journal: Neuropediatrics Date: 2016-07-20 Impact factor: 1.947
Authors: Sandra F Dias; Elisabeth Jehli; Karin Haas-Lude; Andrea Bevot; Humphrey Okechi; Julian Zipfel; Martin U Schuhmann Journal: Childs Nerv Syst Date: 2021-04-22 Impact factor: 1.475
Authors: Karen Harpster; Nicole Weckherlin; Jack R Engsberg; Stephanie K Powell; Holly Barnard; Darren Kadis; Jonathan N Dodd; Marissa-Li Garrett; Francesco T Mangano; David D Limbrick; Mekibib Altaye; Weihong Yuan Journal: Childs Nerv Syst Date: 2021-10-08 Impact factor: 1.475
Authors: Weihong Yuan; Scott K Holland; Joshua S Shimony; Mekibib Altaye; Francesco T Mangano; David D Limbrick; Blaise V Jones; Tiffany Nash; Akila Rajagopal; Sarah Simpson; Dustin Ragan; Robert C McKinstry Journal: Neuroimage Clin Date: 2015-04-29 Impact factor: 4.881