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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 19(4) pp. 475-483, 1994
© 1994 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Verbal Intellectual and Verbal Memory Performance of Youths with Childhood-Onset Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus1

Maria Kovacs2, Christopher Ryan and D. Scott Obrosky

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

2All correspondence should be sent to Maria Kovacs, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

Tested the hypothesis that memory dysfunction mediated the decline in verbal intellectual performance (as measured by the WISC-R Vocabulary test) that we detected previously in a prospective study of children who developed IDDM between the ages of 8 to 13 years. Three tests of verbal learning and memory were administered to 57 diabetic youths at end-of-study who had been followed for 8 years, on average. Memory performance at end-of-study was predicted only by Vocabulary test score at study entry. IDDM duration, long-term metabolic control, depression/anxiety, demographic variables, or blood glucose level at the time of assessment were not associated with memory test scores. Stepwise multiple regression revealed that level of performance on a test of short-term or working memory was associated with magnitude of decline in verbal intellectual performance over time, providing partial support for our hypothesis.

Key words: juvenile-onset IDDM; verbal memory; verbal intellectual performance.


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