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Neurocognitive Outcome in Children Who Suffered From Idiopathic Increased Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)

Not Applicable
Conditions
Prospective Study , Questionaires
Interventions
Behavioral: neurocognitive tests
Registration Number
NCT02857335
Lead Sponsor
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Brief Summary

15 patients, Ages 8-17 who were diagnosed in the recent years with Idiopathic increased intracarnial hypertension (IIH) went through a battery of neurocognitive tests to establish whether there was any affect of the disease on their cognitive function

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria
  • children who suffered from IIH based on history, physical examination, ophtalmological exam, LP results, Brain imagining
Exclusion Criteria
  • co morbidities

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
study groupneurocognitive testspatients with benign intracranial hypertension ages 8-16 years
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
neurocognitive outcomesonce

The computerized battery of tests used in this study (testing time: 30 minutes) sampled non-verbal memory, executive function, visual spatial processing, attention, motor skills, problem solving, and information processing speed. Outcome parameters for tests or test levels included accuracy, reaction time (RT), standard deviation (SD) of RT, and a composite score (\[accuracy/RT\] · 100). Normalized subsets of outcome parameters were averaged to produce 7 summary scores. The outcome parameters contributing to each index score were included. The Global Cognitive Score (GCS) was computed as the average of the index scores.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Staged Information Processing Speedonce

comprises 3 levels of information processing load: single digits, 2-digit arithmetic problems.For each of the 3 levels, stimuli were presented at 3 different fixed rates, incrementally increasing as testing continues.

Non-Verbal Memoryonce

Eight pictures of simple geometric objects were presented, followed by a recognition test, in which 4 versions of each object were presented, each oriented in a different direction

Go-No Go Testonce

A series of large colored stimuli were presented at pseudorandom intervals. Participants were instructed to respond as quickly as possible by pressing a mouse button if the color of the stimulus was any color except red, for which no response was made

Stroop Interferenceonce

Participants were presented with a pair of large colored squares, one on the left and the other on the right side of the screen. In each phase, the participants were instructed to choose as quickly as possible which of the 2 squares was a particular color.

cognitive domainsonce

Participants had to "catch" a rectangular white object falling vertically from the top of the screen before it reached the bottom of the screen. Pressing on the mouse button moved a rectangular green "paddle" horizontally so that it could be positioned directly in the path of the falling object. The test required hand-eye coordination, scanning, and rapid responses

Problem Solvingonce

Pictorial puzzles of gradually increasing difficulty were presented. Each puzzle consisted of a 2 · 2 array containing 3 black and white line drawings and a missing element. Participants had to choose the best fit for the fourth (missing) element of the puzzle from among 6 possible alternatives.

Visual Spatial Processingonce

Computer-generated scenes containing a red pillar were presented. Participants were instructed to imagine viewing the scene from the vantage point of the red pillar. Four alternative views of the scene were shown as choices

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