Everyday verbal memory and pediatric epilepsy

Abstract This study addressed the reliability and validity of reports of everyday verbal memory with a sample of 132 pediatric patients with epilepsy. Each patient and one parent completed a questionnaire on everyday verbal memory comprising two scales assessing learning/retrieval and prospective me...

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Published in:Epilepsy & behavior 2011-07, Vol.21 (3), p.285-290
Main Authors: Chapieski, Lynn, Evankovich, Karen, Hiscock, Merrill, Collins, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic performance
Activities of Daily Living
Adolescent
Age Factors
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - etiology
Child
Ecological validity
Educational Status
Epilepsy - complications
Epilepsy - psychology
Everyday memory
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Male
Memory
Memory Disorders - etiology
Mood Disorders - diagnosis
Mood Disorders - etiology
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Pediatric epilepsy
Subjective memory
Surveys and Questionnaires
Verbal Learning - physiology
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Summary:Abstract This study addressed the reliability and validity of reports of everyday verbal memory with a sample of 132 pediatric patients with epilepsy. Each patient and one parent completed a questionnaire on everyday verbal memory comprising two scales assessing learning/retrieval and prospective memory. Each patient was also administered tests of memory, attention, and academic skills. Information about attention, mood, and academic performance was obtained from parent and teacher report, as well as self-report. Memory test scores were correlated with children's reports of learning and retrieval in everyday activities, but were not significantly associated with reports of prospective memory. Reports of everyday memory were found to be reliable and predictive of academic performance. Performance on tests of memory, conversely, was unrelated to reports of academic performance. Reports of everyday memory may, therefore, provide more useful information than tests when evaluating the effects of epilepsy and its treatments.
ISSN:1525-5050
1525-5069
DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.04.055