INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING IN PATIENTS WITH MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY BY WAIS-R

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  • ＷＡＩＳ‐Ｒによる筋強直性ジストロフィー患者の知的能力に関する研究
  • セイジン チノウ シンダン ケンサ WAIS R ニ ヨル キン ゴウチョクセイ ジストロフィー カンジャ ノ チテキ ノウリョク ニ カンスル ケンキュウ

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A psychological assessment by Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) was performed in order to clarify Intellectual ability and its characteristic in 49 patients with Myotonic dystrophy (MyD) in the national hospitals. Main results were as follows: a) mean IQ (Intelligence Quotient) was 70.1 (SD=12.8), b) mean Verbal IQ of 77.2 was higher thann that of Performance IQ (67.4) p<0.001), c) mean IQ and mean PIQ were higher in females than in male patients, . and d) Scaled Scores of Object Assembly (mean=4.1), Block Design (4. 5) and Coding (4. 5) were significantly lower than those of the other subtests. In order to clarify their intellectual functioning thoroughly, further and many-sided assessments, especially neuropsychological assessments are necessary. For psychological and educational intervention in MyD patients, we must try to enrich successful experience in each MyD patient utilizing their strength of intellectual functioning.

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