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To evaluate the utility of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Preschool Version (BRIEF-P) for detecting executive dysfunction in preschool-age children with epilepsy.

August 29, 2017Child Neuropsychology

Utility of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Preschool version (BRIEF-P) in young children with epilepsy

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MMMoshe MaimanBoston Children's Hospital CSChristine M. SalinasNational Institutes of Health MGMaggie F. Gindlesperger

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Observational study reveals prominent executive dysfunction via the BRIEF-P in preschool children with epilepsy, highlighting its value for early screening.

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To evaluate the utility of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Preschool Version (BRIEF-P) for detecting executive dysfunction in preschool-age children with epilepsy.
Parents of 51 clinically referred children with epilepsy aged 2–5 years (mean age = 1.99 years, SD = 1.29) completed the BRIEF-P questionnaire.
Executive impairment was established using a T-score threshold ≥65, and linear regression models assessed whether epilepsy severity and intellectual functioning predicted BRIEF-P scores.
Impairments were most frequent on the emergent metacognition index (59%) and global executive composite (43%), with working memory being the most commonly elevated subscale (65%), followed by inhibition (37%) and planning/organization (35%).
Epilepsy severity factors, including seizure onset age, seizure frequency, and number of antiepileptic drugs, were not significantly correlated with BRIEF-P indices.
Lower intellectual ability was significantly correlated with higher emergent metacognition impairment (r = -0.30), though it accounted for only 9% of the score variance.

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Maiman et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bcfcafc87fd06169cdac2 https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2017.1365829

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Observational study reveals prominent executive dysfunction via the BRIEF-P in preschool children with epilepsy, highlighting its value for early screening.

Utility of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Preschool version (BRIEF-P) in young children with epilepsy

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Utility of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Preschool version (BRIEF-P) in young children with epilepsy

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