TY - JOUR
T1 - Executive function in down syndrome children in Bogotá, Colombia
AU - Manrique-Niño, Julián
AU - Díaz-Forero, Andrés
AU - Velez-van Meerbeke, Alberto
AU - Ramírez-Guerrero, Sofía
AU - Florez-Esparza, Gabriela
AU - Talero-Gutiérrez, Claudia
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Universidad del Rosario .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/19
Y1 - 2020/11/19
N2 - The study aim was to characterize executive function in 114 children with Down syndrome from a reference institution in Bogotá, Colombia. Children were screened with the Battelle Developmental Inventory to establish their developmental age. Eighty children with an equivalent mental age of 2–5.11 years were allocated to groups of 20 according to their mental age. Parents and teachers then completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool Version. We found a high variability and a low correlation between parent and teacher ratings. In general, children showed a specific profile characterized by weakness in the domains of working memory, shifting, planning, and organization, and strengths in the emotional control domain. These findings indicate a characteristic pattern of executive function in children with Down syndrome. This profile could form the basis for the planning of clinical assessment programs.
AB - The study aim was to characterize executive function in 114 children with Down syndrome from a reference institution in Bogotá, Colombia. Children were screened with the Battelle Developmental Inventory to establish their developmental age. Eighty children with an equivalent mental age of 2–5.11 years were allocated to groups of 20 according to their mental age. Parents and teachers then completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool Version. We found a high variability and a low correlation between parent and teacher ratings. In general, children showed a specific profile characterized by weakness in the domains of working memory, shifting, planning, and organization, and strengths in the emotional control domain. These findings indicate a characteristic pattern of executive function in children with Down syndrome. This profile could form the basis for the planning of clinical assessment programs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05585
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05585
M3 - Research Article
C2 - 33294710
AN - SCOPUS:85097378221
SN - 2405-8440
VL - 6
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 11
M1 - e05585
ER -