James Anu Nikitha, Ittyerah Miriam
Bangalore University, India.
Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences, India
J Health Psychol. 2016 Oct;21(10):2386-97. doi: 10.1177/1359105315577118. Epub 2015 Apr 9.
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition UK test was administered to groups of children between the ages of 6 and 12 years with vertically transmitted HIV infection (n = 70) and a control group who were not infected by the virus (n = 70). The study was conducted in India. The two groups were matched for general verbal abilities, age and gender. The children were assessed for Verbal IQ, Performance IQ and Full-Scale IQ. The Verbal Comprehension Index, Perceptual Organization Index and Freedom from Distractibility Index were also obtained. A three-factor analysis of variance disclosed that school-age children with vertically transmitted HIV infection notched below in the areas of Verbal IQ, Performance IQ, Full-Scale IQ, Verbal Comprehension Index, Perceptual Organization Index and Freedom from Distractibility Index when collated with normal uninfected cohorts. Findings are discussed in the light of both theoretical and clinical implications.
对年龄在6至12岁之间的垂直传播艾滋病毒感染儿童组（n = 70）和未感染该病毒的对照组（n = 70）进行了韦氏儿童智力量表第三版英国测试。该研究在印度进行。两组在一般语言能力、年龄和性别方面进行了匹配。对儿童进行了言语智商、操作智商和总智商评估。还获得了言语理解指数、知觉组织指数和抗干扰指数。三因素方差分析显示，与正常未感染队列相比，垂直传播艾滋病毒感染的学龄儿童在言语智商、操作智商、总智商、言语理解指数、知觉组织指数和抗干扰指数方面得分较低。根据理论和临床意义对研究结果进行了讨论。
