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Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period

Intellectual functioning studies carried out amongst children indicate that chronic diseases like type 1 diabetes and growth hormone deficiency (GHD), may, but do not necessarily, result in intellectual loss. Cognitive functions may decline as a child becomes older, as a disease persists over time a...

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Autores principales: Stanisławska-Kubiak, Maia, Wiecheć, Katarzyna, Majewska, Katarzyna Anna, Teusz, Grażyna, Mojs, Ewa, Kędzia, Andrzej
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10669873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38002089
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11113089
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author Stanisławska-Kubiak, Maia
Wiecheć, Katarzyna
Majewska, Katarzyna Anna
Teusz, Grażyna
Mojs, Ewa
Kędzia, Andrzej
author_facet Stanisławska-Kubiak, Maia
Wiecheć, Katarzyna
Majewska, Katarzyna Anna
Teusz, Grażyna
Mojs, Ewa
Kędzia, Andrzej
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description Intellectual functioning studies carried out amongst children indicate that chronic diseases like type 1 diabetes and growth hormone deficiency (GHD), may, but do not necessarily, result in intellectual loss. Cognitive functions may decline as a child becomes older, as a disease persists over time and/or due to non-compliance with treatment recommendations or high stress levels. This study aimed to assess the cognitive functioning of children and youths with T1D and GHD-related short stature compared to healthy children. Methods: The study was carried out on 88 children with type 1 diabetes, 38 children suffering from short stature caused by (GHD), as well as a control group comprising 40 healthy children. Weschler’s tests were applied to measure intellectual and cognitive functions. Results: The results suggest that for children suffering from type 1 diabetes and short stature, their chronic childhood diseases per se do not impair cognitive development. It was observed that the higher the age of chronically ill children and the longer the disease persists, the lower their scores in individual cognitive subtests. For healthy children, age is correlated with the acquisition of particular skills and higher scores in specific subtests. Conclusions: On the basis of qualitative analysis of the cognitive functions subject to the study and close clinical observation of chronically ill children, we have been able to conclude that chronic diseases may alter cognitive functioning.
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spelling pubmed-106698732023-11-17 Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period Stanisławska-Kubiak, Maia Wiecheć, Katarzyna Majewska, Katarzyna Anna Teusz, Grażyna Mojs, Ewa Kędzia, Andrzej Biomedicines Article Intellectual functioning studies carried out amongst children indicate that chronic diseases like type 1 diabetes and growth hormone deficiency (GHD), may, but do not necessarily, result in intellectual loss. Cognitive functions may decline as a child becomes older, as a disease persists over time and/or due to non-compliance with treatment recommendations or high stress levels. This study aimed to assess the cognitive functioning of children and youths with T1D and GHD-related short stature compared to healthy children. Methods: The study was carried out on 88 children with type 1 diabetes, 38 children suffering from short stature caused by (GHD), as well as a control group comprising 40 healthy children. Weschler’s tests were applied to measure intellectual and cognitive functions. Results: The results suggest that for children suffering from type 1 diabetes and short stature, their chronic childhood diseases per se do not impair cognitive development. It was observed that the higher the age of chronically ill children and the longer the disease persists, the lower their scores in individual cognitive subtests. For healthy children, age is correlated with the acquisition of particular skills and higher scores in specific subtests. Conclusions: On the basis of qualitative analysis of the cognitive functions subject to the study and close clinical observation of chronically ill children, we have been able to conclude that chronic diseases may alter cognitive functioning. MDPI 2023-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10669873/ /pubmed/38002089 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11113089 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wiecheć, Katarzyna
Majewska, Katarzyna Anna
Teusz, Grażyna
Mojs, Ewa
Kędzia, Andrzej
Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period
title Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period
title_full Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period
title_fullStr Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period
title_full_unstemmed Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period
title_short Neuropsychological Aspects of Children’s Somatic Disorders in Chronic Diseases: Diabetes and Short Stature in the Developmental Period
title_sort neuropsychological aspects of children’s somatic disorders in chronic diseases: diabetes and short stature in the developmental period
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10669873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38002089
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11113089
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