التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Narrative skills of children treated for brain tumours: The impact of tumour and treatment related variables on microstructure and macrostructure. |
| المؤلفون: |
Docking, Kimberley, Munro, Natalie, Marshall, Tara, Togher, Leanne |
| المصدر: |
Brain Injury; 2016, Vol. 30 Issue 8, p1005-1018, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ACADEMIC achievement, BRAIN tumors, CANCER patients, CHILDREN'S hospitals, COMMUNICATIVE competence, HYDROCEPHALUS, INTERPERSONAL relations, LANGUAGE acquisition, LANGUAGE disorders, PROBABILITY theory, RESEARCH, STATISTICS, STORYTELLING, T-test (Statistics), THERAPEUTIC complications, TUMORS in children, NARRATIVES, INTER-observer reliability, CASE-control method, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, DISEASE complications, CHILDREN |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
QUEENSLAND |
| مستخلص: |
Objective: The narrative skills of children with brain tumours were examined. Influence of tumour location, radiotherapy, time post-treatment and presence of hydrocephalus was also investigated, as well as associations between narrative and language abilities. Method: Seventeen children (aged 5;6–14;11) treated for brain tumour and their matched controls completed a narrative assessment and comprehensive language testing. Audio recorded narratives were analysed for microstructure and macrostructure elements. Between-group comparisons were conducted. Narrative elements were explored in association with tumour and treatment-related variables. Correlation analysis examined relationships between narrative scores and language test performance. Results: While significant differences were not found between two groups of children across narrative elements, sub-group comparisons revealed marginal differences in macrostructure related to tumour location and hydrocephalus. Children treated with methods other than radiotherapy showed a significant increase in number of mazes in their narratives compared to children who received radiotherapy. Strong positive correlations also existed between narrative elements and language performance. Conclusion: Preliminary findings highlight the importance of investigating narrative abilities as part of a comprehensive language assessment. Macrostructure should be routinely examined where children are diagnosed with either posterior fossa tumour or hydrocephalus or have undergone surgery and/or chemotherapy for brain tumour. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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