Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Matching pairs difficulty in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I
2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.nmd.2017.01.017
ISSN1873-2364
AutoresGraziela Jorge Polido, Alessandra Ferreira Barbosa, Carlos H. Morimoto, Fátima Aparecida Caromano, Francis Meire Fávero, Edmar Zanoteli, Umbertina Conti Reed, Mariana Callil Voos,
Tópico(s)Family and Disability Support Research
ResumoThis study aimed to investigate the performance on pair-matching tasks in children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I (SMA-I) and the relationship between this performance and motor function, functional independence and quality of life. SMA-I (n = 12; 6.0 ± 2.3 yrs; 9 boys, 3 girls) and control sex-, age-matched children (n = 12; 6.2 ± 2.6 yrs) performed four pair-matching figure, number and letter tasks. The eye tracker detected eye movements. SMA-I children were assessed with CHOP INTEND, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Analysis of variance showed that SMA-I children had a lower percentage of correct answers and longer timed performance compared to controls (p < 0.05). Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory score (social function domain) was correlated to the percentage of correct answers on the pair-matching tasks on task 1 (r = 0.81; p = 0.001) and task 2 (r = 0.66; p = 0.020). Pair-matching performance of SMA-I children was poorer than the performance of control children. There was a relationship between pair-matching performance and social function. The restricted interaction with the environment, due to severe paralysis and poor verbal communication, is associated with cognitive difficulties in SMA-I children. The eye tracker was helpful in cognitive assessment of SMA-I children, who responded to the cognitive tests with eye movements.
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