An evaluation of intellectual, personal and social functioning was made in 16 young patients with craniopharyngioma. No changes were found in the overall IQ verbal and performances scores before and after operation, however, discrepancies between verbal and performance scores suggest that one of the manifestations of craniopharyngioma in children are disturbance in cognitive functions. The decrease in the quality of life of the patients and their families manifested through the deterioration of familial and social relationships and the decrease in scholastic achievements lead to the conclusion that children with craniopharyngioma and their families require close psychological supervision and counselling both before and after surgery.
Forty-two GH deficient patients (14 isolated GH deficiency (IGHD), 28 multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies (MPHD), 23 males and 19 females) were evaluated after termination of hGH therapy and achievement of final height. IGHD patients were found to score higher in intelligence quotients (IQ) than the MPHD patients. The educational and occupational achievements of all patients positively correlated with their IQ level. Three patients achieved only elementary education, 26 completed high school and 13 had higher education. Thirty patients who had completed their education were employed, whereas 12 continued to study. Seventeen of the male patients and five females served in the Army. Eight patients were married and half of the single patients reported having a stable relationship with the opposite sex. The hypopituitary patients did not differ in five out of seven subscales of the human services rehabilitation scale when compared to a normal control group. These results which vary from those previously reported demonstrate the importance of long-term psychosocial counselling initiated at the time of diagnosis as part of the therapeutic approach in hypopituitary patients.
Positive adjustment in the professional area and fair adjustment in the social area were not related to physical stigmata or to any other independent variable tested, but rather to intellectual ability and a high degree of achievement motivation.
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