Hemophilia morbidity, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Data from the Hemophilia Growth and Development Study (HGDS) were used to evaluate the association between hemophilia morbidity, measured by abnormalities in coordination and gait (CG), and intellectual ability and academic achievement. The CG abnormalities observed in the HGDS participants (n = 333) were primarily due to hemophilia-related morbidity. Although HGDS participants performed within the average range for age on measures of intellectual ability, there were meaningful differences between CG outcomes at baseline and throughout the 4 years of study. Participants without CG abnormalities consistently achieved higher scores than those with CG abnormalities on Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic subtests of the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised. Our findings suggest that lowered achievement is related to the functional severity of hemophilia.

publication date

  • December 1, 1998

Research

keywords

  • Cognition
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Hemophilia A

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 18344415239

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0022-3476(98)70151-9

PubMed ID

  • 9842044

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 133

issue

  • 6