TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological test usage in duchenne muscular dystrophy
T2 - An EU multi-centre study
AU - Weerkamp, Pien
AU - Chieffo, Daniela
AU - Collin, Philippe
AU - Moriconi, Federica
AU - Papageorgiou, Andriani
AU - Vainieri, Isabella
AU - Miranda, Ruben
AU - Hankinson, Catherine
AU - Vogel, Asmus
AU - Poncet, Sarah
AU - Moss, Catherine
AU - Muntoni, Francesco
AU - Mercuri, Eugenio
AU - Hendriksen, Jos
N1 - © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Paediatric Neurology Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - AIM: During the last two decades brain related comorbidities of Duchenne have received growing scientific and clinical interest and therefore systematic assessment of cognition, behaviour and learning is important. This study aims to describe the instruments currently being used in five neuromuscular clinics in Europe as well as the diagnoses being made in these clinics.METHOD: A Delphi based procedure was developed by which a questionnaire was sent to the psychologist in five of the seven participating clinics of the Brain Involvement In Dystrophinopathy (BIND) study. Instruments and diagnoses being used were inventoried for three domains of functioning (cognition, behaviour and academics) and three age groups (3-5 years, 6-18 years and adulthood 18+ years).RESULTS: Data show wide diversity of tests being used in the five centres at different age groups and different domains. For the intelligence testing there is consensus in using the Wechsler scales, but all other domains such as memory, attention, behavioural problems and reading are tested in very different ways by different instruments in the participating centres.CONCLUSION: The heterogeneity of tests and diagnoses being used in current clinical practice underlines the importance for developing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to improve both clinical practice and scientific research over different countries and improve comparative work.
AB - AIM: During the last two decades brain related comorbidities of Duchenne have received growing scientific and clinical interest and therefore systematic assessment of cognition, behaviour and learning is important. This study aims to describe the instruments currently being used in five neuromuscular clinics in Europe as well as the diagnoses being made in these clinics.METHOD: A Delphi based procedure was developed by which a questionnaire was sent to the psychologist in five of the seven participating clinics of the Brain Involvement In Dystrophinopathy (BIND) study. Instruments and diagnoses being used were inventoried for three domains of functioning (cognition, behaviour and academics) and three age groups (3-5 years, 6-18 years and adulthood 18+ years).RESULTS: Data show wide diversity of tests being used in the five centres at different age groups and different domains. For the intelligence testing there is consensus in using the Wechsler scales, but all other domains such as memory, attention, behavioural problems and reading are tested in very different ways by different instruments in the participating centres.CONCLUSION: The heterogeneity of tests and diagnoses being used in current clinical practice underlines the importance for developing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to improve both clinical practice and scientific research over different countries and improve comparative work.
KW - Duchenne muscular dystrophy
KW - Multicentre
KW - Neuropsychology
KW - Test-usage
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejpn.2023.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ejpn.2023.06.007
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37423006
SN - 1090-3798
VL - 46
SP - 42
EP - 47
JO - European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society
JF - European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society
ER -