Identification of Impaired Executive Functioning after Pediatric Liver Transplantation Using Two Short and Easily Applicable Tests
Cognitive Functioning Module PedsQL and Children’s Color Trail Test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15714296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Imeke Goldschmidt (0000-0002-7648-9127, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, corresponding author), Rolf Van Dick (0000-0002-6308-9466, Goethe University Frankfurt), Christoph A Jacobi (Medizinische Hochschule Hannover), Eva‐Doreen Pfister (0000-0003-2446-4304, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover), Ulrich Baumann (0000-0002-0162-0266, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 571-571 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/children8070571 |
| PMID | 34356549 |
| OpenAlex | W3187150623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
We aimed to assess executive functioning in children after liver transplantation compared with healthy controls and in relation to real-life school performance using the PedsQL TM Cognitive Functioning Scale (CogPedsQL) and the Childrens' Color Trail Test (CCTT). One hundred and fifty five children (78f, median age 10.4 (1.2-18.3) years) underwent testing with CogPedsQL and/or CCTT 4.9 (0.1-17.0) years after transplantation. Results were compared to those of 296 healthy children (165f, median age 10.0 (2.0-18.0) years). Liver transplanted children displayed significantly reduced scores for cogPedsQL and CCTT1&2 compared to healthy controls. Overall, school performance was lower in patients compared to controls. In both patients and controls, results of CCTT2 and CogPedsQL correlated strongly with school performance. In contrast to controls, school performance in patients correlated with the level of maternal but not paternal primary education degree (r = -0.21, p = 0.03). None of the patient CCTT or CogPedsQL test results correlated with parental school education. Conclusion: CogPedsQL and CCTT 1&2 were easily applicable in children after OLT and revealed reduced executive functioning compared to controls. Results reflect real life school performance. The association of parental education with school performance is reduced in transplanted children, which possibly indicates the overriding impact of transplant-associated morbidity on cognitive outcomes
Cognition · Cognitive skill · Cognitive test · Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance · Executive functions · Liver transplantation · Psychiatry · Test (biology · Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics · Transplantation
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |