Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Psychological late effects of leukemia in children and their prevention

1981; Alan R. Liss, Inc.; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/mpo.2950090214

1096-911X

D. Schüler, Alaine Polcz, T. Révész, Rozália Koó, Márta Bakos, Nóra Edit Gál,

Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies

Abstract The psychological and intellectual sequelae of childhood leukemia and its treatment were examined in 48 children with acute leukemia in long remission. Verbal and performance IQ values were determined in addition to full scale IQ. Performance was worse than the verbal IQ in children who were less than six years old at the time of diagnosis. Cranial irradiation even in repeated doses of 2,400 rads had no effect on these children's intellects. Most of the patients, however, showed severe emotional problems when constructing their “world” from given objects. The frequency and severity of these emotional problems could be much alleviated by regular psychological care.