Table 3.
Screening for cognitive deficit following medulloblastoma, low-grade cerebellar astrocytoma, and nontumor comparison group: performance of 3 self- and proxy-report questionnaires
| Target Condition of WISC FSIQ < 80 Present (+) or Absent (−) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medulloblastoma |
Astrocytoma |
Nontumor |
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| + | − | + | − | + | − | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| FSIQ < 80 n (%) | 13 (41) | 19 (59) | 6 (18) | 28 (82) | 1 (3) | 37 (97) |
| Screen positive (+) or screen negative (−) at optimal cut-off score point | ||||||
| BRIEF | ||||||
| Parent (>57) | ||||||
| + | 8 (62) | 4 (21) | 6 (100) | 10 (36) | 1 (100) | 7 (19) |
| − | 5 (38) | 15 (79) | 0 | 18 (64) | 0 | 30 (81) |
| Teacher (>59) | ||||||
| + | 11 (85) | 3a (19) | 3b (60) | 8b (30) | 1 (100) | 7b (19) |
| − | 2 (15) | 13a (81) | 2b (40) | 19b (70) | 0 | 29b (81) |
| SDQ | ||||||
| Child (>11) | ||||||
| + | 9b (75) | 4 (21) | 3 (50) | 10 (36) | 1 (100) | 7 (19) |
| − | 3b (25) | 15 (79) | 3 (50) | 18 (64) | 0 | 30 (81) |
| Parent (>14) | ||||||
| + | 6 (46) | 3 (16) | 5 (83) | 4 (14) | 1 (100) | 4 (11) |
| − | 7 (54) | 16 (84) | 1 (17) | 24 (86) | 0 | 33 (89) |
| Teacher (>7) | ||||||
| + | 12 (92) | 6c (35) | 3b (60) | 8b (30) | 1 (100) | 6b (17) |
| − | 1 (8) | 11c (65) | 2b (40) | 19b (70) | 0 | 30b (83) |
| PedsQL | ||||||
| Child (<65) | ||||||
| + | 9b (75) | 9 (47) | 6 (100) | 6 (21) | 1 (100) | 3 (8) |
| − | 3b (25) | 10 (53) | 0 | 22 (79) | 0 | 34 (92) |
| Parent (<51) | ||||||
| + | 8 (62) | 9b (50) | 5 (83) | 2 (7) | 0 | 0 |
| − | 5 (38) | 9b (50) | 1 (17) | 26 (93) | 1 (100) | 37 (100) |