The developmental profiles of children with idiopathic tonic-clonic epilepsy as measured on the Griffths Developmental Scales
| dc.contributor.author | Magongoa, Daphney Isabel Seemole | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-20T09:41:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-05-20T09:41:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-05-20 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The effect o f epilepsy on the development of children with well controlled tonic-clonic epilepsy was assessed using the Griffiths Developmental test. Twenty five subjects and twenty five controls matched for age, sex, location and socio-economic status were tested. Their ages ranged from three to six and a half years. The paired t-test and rank-sign test on a personal computer using the SAS system were used for data analysis. A p-value o f 0,05 and less was regarded as significant difference. There were significant differences in the mean quotient scores in all the subscales and general quotient. The epileptic children performed at a significantly lower level than the controls. The motor subscale scores demonstrated locomotor precocity o f both groups with no significant difference between subjects and controls, when the pairs where the subjects had had status epilepticus were excluded from the analysis. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net10539/14689 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The developmental profiles of children with idiopathic tonic-clonic epilepsy as measured on the Griffths Developmental Scales | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |