Personality traits of children before and after epilepsy surgery
| Autor: | Onno van Nieuwenhuizen, Olga Braams, Aag Jennekens-Schinkel, Peter C. van Rijen, Renske Schappin, Kees P.J. Braun, Joost Meekes |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Personality Inventory media_common.quotation_subject Neuropsychological Tests Child adolescent Neurosurgical Procedures 03 medical and health sciences Epilepsy Cognition Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Epilepsy surgery Surveys and Questionnaires Intervention (counseling) medicine Journal Article Humans Personality 030212 general & internal medicine Personality questionnaire Big Five personality traits Child Psychiatry media_common Mean age Seizure freedom medicine.disease Treatment Outcome Neurology Female Personality behavior Neurology (clinical) Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Epilepsy Research, 133, 10. Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0920-1211 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.04.001 |
| Popis: | We studied how children with epilepsy (CWE) who are candidates for epilepsy surgery, perceive themselves with respect to overarching personality traits and whether the traits change after surgery. We explored influences of demographic and illness variables. A total of 23 CWE [mean age at inclusion 12.8 (sd 2.3); 12 girls] participated. Using the Dutch Personality Questionnaire Juniors (DPQ-J), we assessed 20 of the CWE shortly before epilepsy surgery and compared the results to those of 39 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Furthermore, we obtained follow-up scores 6, 12 and 24 months after epilepsy surgery from the clinical group. CWE who were candidates for epilepsy surgery scored above average in inadequacy, perseverance, social inadequacy and recalcitrance, whereas healthy peers scored average. Over the two years' period after epilepsy surgery we found no changes, apart from a decrease of social inadequacy. Sporadic illness and demographic variables were related to some personality traits. However, neither post-surgical seizure freedom nor cessation of AEDs did noticeably change the self-evaluations of CWE. Asking CWE to evaluate their personality themselves may offer a shared basis for individually tailored behavior intervention in order to help them adapting to their ameliorated circumstances after surgery. |
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