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Childhood bacterial meningitis: Impact of age at illness and acute medical complications on long term outcome.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

VICKI ANDERSDON ,
LYNDAL BOND ,
CATHY CATROPPA ,
KEITH GRIMWOOD ,
EDDIE KEIR  and
TERRY NOLAN
VICKI ANDERSDON
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Department of Psychology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
LYNDAL BOND
Affiliation:
Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
CATHY CATROPPA
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
KEITH GRIMWOOD
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Department of General Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
EDDIE KEIR
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
TERRY NOLAN
Affiliation:
Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Department of General Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Abstract

This study compared postmeningitic children (N = 130) with grade and sex matched controls (N = 130) selected from target children's schools on measures of intellectual, linguistic, learning, and reading skills. Results showed that children with a history of meningitis are at greater risk for impairment in these areas, with experience of the disease prior to 12 months of age being an important risk factor. Within the postmeningitic sample presence of medical complications was associated with poorer verbal abilities. Finally, a significant relationship was identified between depressed language skills and later educational difficulty, with these findings interpreted with respect to both developmental and neuropsychological principles. (JINS, 1997, 3, 147–158.)

Keywords

MeningitisChild developmentNeuropsychological sequelae
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , March 1997 , pp. 147 - 158
Copyright
© 1997 The International Neuropsychological Society

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