Trends in Intellectual Development in Down Syndrome

National Taiwan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Down Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00954382

200904037R

Details and patient eligibility

About

Previous foreign studies revealed that the IQ in Down syndrome (DS) declines with age, but not any investigation of domestic data in Taiwan was available. Individuals with DS are characterized by limited verbal development, and in this article, authors look into the diverging verbal-nonverbal abilities in the DS phenotype.

Full description

The present study investigated this by analysis the test results of development /intelligence scales. To compare initial cross-sectional data with longitudinal follow-up, about 12 people with DS were included.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 months to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Down syndrome with psychological test results

Exclusion criteria

• Comorbidity of severe Autism or visual/auditory impairment

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

IQ trend

Description:

all subjects