Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy

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Autor(a) principal: Stella,Florindo
Data de Publicação: 2004
Outros Autores: Maciel,Jayme Antunes
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
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Resumo: OBJECTIVES: To compare the performance of patients with complex partial epilepsy with the normal controls in the subtests of an instrument used to assess intelligence function. METHOD: Fifty epileptic patients, whose ages ranged from 19 to 49 years and 20 normal controls without any neuropsychiatric disorders. The Wechsler-Bellevue adult intelligence test was applied in groups, epileptic patients and control subjects. This test is composed of several subtests that assess specific cognitive functions. A statistical analysis was performed using non-parametric tests. RESULTS: All the Wechsler-Bellevue subtests revealed that the intelligence functions of the patients were significantly inferior to that of the controls (p<0.05). This performance was supported by the patient's complaints in relation to their cognitive performance. CONCLUSION: Patients with complex partial epilepsy presented poorer results in the intelligence test when compared with individuals without neuropsychiatric disorders.
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spelling Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsyepilepsycognitive functionsintelligenceOBJECTIVES: To compare the performance of patients with complex partial epilepsy with the normal controls in the subtests of an instrument used to assess intelligence function. METHOD: Fifty epileptic patients, whose ages ranged from 19 to 49 years and 20 normal controls without any neuropsychiatric disorders. The Wechsler-Bellevue adult intelligence test was applied in groups, epileptic patients and control subjects. This test is composed of several subtests that assess specific cognitive functions. A statistical analysis was performed using non-parametric tests. RESULTS: All the Wechsler-Bellevue subtests revealed that the intelligence functions of the patients were significantly inferior to that of the controls (p<0.05). This performance was supported by the patient's complaints in relation to their cognitive performance. CONCLUSION: Patients with complex partial epilepsy presented poorer results in the intelligence test when compared with individuals without neuropsychiatric disorders.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO2004-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000600010Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.62 n.4 2004reponame:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)instname:Academia Brasileira de Neurologiainstacron:ABNEURO10.1590/S0004-282X2004000600010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessStella,FlorindoMaciel,Jayme Antuneseng2006-04-25T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0004-282X2004000600010Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/anphttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revista.arquivos@abneuro.org1678-42270004-282Xopendoar:2006-04-25T00:00Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online) - Academia Brasileira de Neurologiafalse
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title Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
spellingShingle Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
Stella,Florindo
epilepsy
cognitive functions
intelligence
title_short Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
title_full Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
title_fullStr Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
title_full_unstemmed Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
title_sort Intelligence functions disorders in patients with complex partial epilepsy
author Stella,Florindo
author_facet Stella,Florindo
Maciel,Jayme Antunes
author_role author
author2 Maciel,Jayme Antunes
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Stella,Florindo
Maciel,Jayme Antunes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv epilepsy
cognitive functions
intelligence
topic epilepsy
cognitive functions
intelligence
description OBJECTIVES: To compare the performance of patients with complex partial epilepsy with the normal controls in the subtests of an instrument used to assess intelligence function. METHOD: Fifty epileptic patients, whose ages ranged from 19 to 49 years and 20 normal controls without any neuropsychiatric disorders. The Wechsler-Bellevue adult intelligence test was applied in groups, epileptic patients and control subjects. This test is composed of several subtests that assess specific cognitive functions. A statistical analysis was performed using non-parametric tests. RESULTS: All the Wechsler-Bellevue subtests revealed that the intelligence functions of the patients were significantly inferior to that of the controls (p<0.05). This performance was supported by the patient's complaints in relation to their cognitive performance. CONCLUSION: Patients with complex partial epilepsy presented poorer results in the intelligence test when compared with individuals without neuropsychiatric disorders.
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