title: Self-report of cognitive abilities in temporal lobe epilepsy: cognitive, psychosocial, and emotional factors.
abstract: Self-report of cognitive functioning using the Multiple Abilities Self-Report Questionnaire (MASQ) was examined in 57 left (LTLE) and 36 right (RTLE) temporal lobe epilepsy patients. The MASQ is a 38-item self-report measure assessing five domains of self-perceived cognitive functioning: Language, Visual-Perceptual Abilities, Verbal Memory, Visual-Spatial Memory, and Attention/Concentration. Overall, LTLE patients self-reported more cognitive difficulties across all domains. Language was the only domain to emerge as a robust indicator of seizure lateralization (LTLE patients reporting more problems). Neuropsychological test performance did not emerge as a significant predictor for any domain, whereas measures of psychosocial and emotional functioning accounted for a significant but modest amount of variance in all of them. The results suggest caution in using such self-report measures as an ecological extension of objective testing, but suggest a role in assessing self-appraisal of deficits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. banos@uab.edu
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baños
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: LaGory
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawrie
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Faught
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knowlton
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuzniecky
authors.forename: Roy C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011584:Psychology; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires