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Cognitive ability assessment in children with Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes

(BECTS)

Antonella Carli

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

pilepsy is one of the most emotionally-related chronic dis-

eases, due to the onset occurs frequently during the age

of development and for typical clinical manifestations. The 12-

14% of the infant population with the epileptic syndrome has

comorbid symptoms of anxiety and depression with an impact

on all people small patient surround, but also for hard impact

on his cognitive functions. A cognitive assessment at the pa-

thology onset and its clinical course monitoring could detect an

alteration of functional cognitive ability and reduce its negative

effects. We compared cognitive functions through theWechsler

Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth edition of a group of chil-

dren between 6 and 15 age with epilepsy BECTS (Benign partial

epilepsy childhood with centrotemporal spikes or Rolandica), a

specific benign form that affects between 8% and 20% of entire

childhood epilepsies, with a control group selected from the

normative sample. Patients reported significantly lower scores

of QI total comparedwith age-matched controls and the specific

cognitive performances were lower in specific domino areas. At

the onset of the disease, the neuropsychological assessment in

children with epilepsy diagnosis, can detect a specific cognitive

impairment since its first manifestations (weakness point), but

also the child’s individual strengths, where action is urgently

needed, planning individual customized projects for the type of

deficit detected. In addition, provide support to any psychoed-

ucational programs to manage in its context a chronic disease

that too often has devastating effects on the quality of life for

the entire family. A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment

of epilepsy by neurologists, radiologists, psychologists, and

therapists are desirable to implement prevention, support and

intervention projects. Psychological assessment of epilepsy can

exclude any intervening factors with impact on cognitive abili-

ties in patients affected by this pathology.