Neurocognitive domains affected by cerebral malaria and severe malarial anemia in children.
Document Type
Article
Department
Paediatrics and Child Health (East Africa)
Abstract
This study assessed the effects of cerebral malaria (CM) and severe malarial anemia (SMA) on individual neurocognitive domains. Eighty children with CM, 86 with SMA, and 61 community children (CC) were assessed for gross motor skills, fine motor skills, visual reception, receptive language, and expressive language a week after discharge (CM or SMA) or at enrolment (CC), and 6 and 12 months later. At 12-months follow-up, children with CM had significantly lower scores than CC for all outcomes. Children with SMA had significantly lower scores than CC for visual reception, receptive language, and expressive language, and scores that were lower but did not reach significance for gross and fine motor skills. Children with CM had significantly lower scores than children with SMA for fine motor skills. Children with SMA and CM have long-term impairment in multiple neurocognitive domains. Fine motor skills may be affected more profoundly in CM than SMA.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Learning and Individual Differences
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.01.010
Recommended Citation
Bangirana, P.,
Opoka, R.,
Boivin, M. J.,
Idro, R.,
Hodges, J. S.,
John, C. C.
(2016). Neurocognitive domains affected by cerebral malaria and severe malarial anemia in children.. Learning and Individual Differences, 46, 38-44.
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Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.