Cognitive Impairments in Children With Epilepsy

University Hospital, Montpellier30 enrolled

Overview

Since the proportion of language and attentional difficulties in patients with epilepsy is recognized, both in the literature and in the clinical experience of practitioners, it is appropriate to propose a complete speech-language assessment of oral language and attention.This study investigates these impairments through the taking of specific tests. The general objective of this study is to observe possible oral language and attention disorders in children with epilepsy, by age and etiology of epilepsy. The objective of this work is to study therapeutic apheresis (including plasma exchange and immunoadsorption) among french neuropediatric tertiary centers and to prove that this treatment modality is effective and well tolerated in pediatric neurology diseases.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Epilepsy Syndrome

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 YearsMax age: 15 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria: The subjects should : * Be at least 3 years old and at most 15 years old * Be French speaker * Be in a regular class * Have a diagnosis of epilepsy Exclusion criteria: * Subjects schooled in IEM * Subjects diagnosed with austim spectrum disorder * Subjects with a motor or visual handicap * Subjects with psychiatric disorders

Locations (1)

Uh Montpellier

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Score in the different tests assessing oral language

Test assessing oral language : * Oral naming of images * Oral designation of images * Morphosyntactic comprehension test * Syntactic production test The scores obtained in the various tests are organized into 7 classes: Class 1 = percentiles less than 7 : "pathological" zone Class 2 = 7 to 20 percentiles : "fragile" zone / "weak" zone Class 3 = 21 to 38 percentiles : "low standard" zone Class 4 = percentiles 39 to 62 : "median standard" zone / expected average results for age or grade level Class 5 = 63 to 80 percentiles : "higher standard" zone Classes 6 and 7 = respectively 81 to 93 percentiles and percentiles greater than 93 : zone with results well above the norm for age or grade level.

Time frame: day 1

Secondary Outcomes

Score in the different tests assessing attention

Tests assessing attention : * Visual attention test * Auditive attention test The scores obtained in the various tests are organized into 7 classes: Class 1 = percentiles less than 7 : "pathological" zone Class 2 = 7 to 20 percentiles : "fragile" zone / "weak" zone Class 3 = 21 to 38 percentiles : "low standard" zone Class 4 = percentiles 39 to 62 : "median standard" zone / expected average results for age or grade level Class 5 = 63 to 80 percentiles : "higher standard" zone Classes 6 and 7 = respectively 81 to 93 percentiles and percentiles greater than 93 : zone with results well above the norm for age or grade level.

Time frame: day 1