Behavioral status of children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy.
Using the Child Behavior Checklist, behavior of 51 children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy was studied. According to parent report, children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy scored in the clinical range on the subscales "internalizing behavior," ''total behavior,'' and "attentional problems.'' No relation between the epilepsy factors seizure frequency, age at onset, duration of epilepsy or the number of antiepileptic drugs, and the subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist was found. Only for seizure type a relationship was found. Although in the normal range, the more severe the seizure type, the more delinquent, aggressive, and externalizing behavioral problems. Other studies have demonstrated that in children with epilepsy, internalizing problems are more common than externalizing problems, and that attentional, social, and thought problems are relatively specific. Therefore, we can conclude that the behavioral problems we found in our cohort are not very different from behavioral problems described in other epilepsy types.
van Mil
Saskia G M
SG
Epilepsy Centre Kempenhaeghe, Department of Research and Development, Maastricht University Hospital, Sterkselseweg 65, 5591 VE Heeze, The Netherlands. saskiavanmil@gmail.com
Reijs
Rianne P
RP
van Hall
Mariette H J A
MH
Snoeijen
Suzanne M
SM
Aldenkamp
Albert P
AP
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D018450:Disease Progression; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000927:Anticonvulsants