Does illness experience influence the recall of medical information?. Issue 6 (1st December 1998)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Krishnan, B; Glazebrook, C; Smyth, A
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 79:Issue 6(1998)
• Page Start: 514
• Page End: 515
• Publication Date: 1998-12-01
• Subjects: chronic illness -- memory; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.6.514
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9888

Abstract

Abstract : Recall of a storyboard description of an unfamiliar illness was assessed in 66 healthy children and 40 children with chronic illness (cystic fibrosis or asthma). A significant interaction between verbal intelligence quotient and illness experience (p < 0.001) suggested that more able sick children may be resistant to learning new medical information.