title: Behaviour is not really at risk after surviving meningitis in childhood.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine behaviour problems, personality, self-perceived competence and academic deficits in children who had recovered from non-Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterial meningitis (BM) without obvious medical sequelae.
  
  
  METHODS
  Assessments in 182 children, mean age 10 (range 5-14) years, 4-10 years after surviving meningitis, were compared to scores of norm reference groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More children were estimated to have academic deficits (27%) than behaviour problems as perceived by the parents (9%). The mean deviation from normal was absent to moderate on behaviour problems, personality variables and self-perceived competence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children who survived non-Hib BM without severe medical sequelae hardly differ from normal children with respect to personality and self-perceived competence. A small proportion deviates from normal in behaviour problems.
authors.affiliation: Sector of Neuropsychology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lieneke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ritchi
authors.forename: Aag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jennekens-Schinkel
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Schooneveld
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koomen
authors.forename: Rinie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geenen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*