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Performance on the ROCF at 8 Years Predicts Academic Achievement at 16 Years in Individuals with Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2021

Matthew E. Fasano-McCarron ,
Jane Holmes Bernstein ,
Deborah P. Waber Open the ORCID record for Deborah P. Waber [Opens in a new window] ,
Jane W. Newburger ,
David R. DeMaso ,
David C. Bellinger  and
Adam R. Cassidy Open the ORCID record for Adam R. Cassidy [Opens in a new window]
Matthew E. Fasano-McCarron
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Jane Holmes Bernstein
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Deborah P. Waber
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Jane W. Newburger
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
David R. DeMaso
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
David C. Bellinger
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Adam R. Cassidy*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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*Correspondence and reprint requests to: Adam R. Cassidy, PhD, ABPP, Center for Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Email: adam.cassidy@childrens.harvard.edu
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Abstract

Objective:

This study examined longitudinal associations between performance on the Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure–Developmental Scoring System (ROCF-DSS) at 8 years of age and academic outcomes at 16 years of age in 133 children with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA).

Method:

The ROCF-DSS was administered at the age of 8 and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, First and Second Edition (WIAT/WIAT-II) at the ages of 8 and 16, respectively. ROCF-DSS protocols were classified by Organization (Organized/Disorganized) and Style (Part-oriented/Holistic). Two-way univariate (ROCF-DSS Organization × Style) ANCOVAs were computed with 16-year academic outcomes as the dependent variables and socioeconomic status (SES) as the covariate.

Results:

The Organization × Style interaction was not statistically significant. However, ROCF-DSS Organization at 8 years was significantly associated with Reading, Math, Associative, and Assembled academic skills at 16 years, with better organization predicting better academic performance.

Conclusions:

Performance on the ROCF-DSS, a complex visual-spatial problem-solving task, in children with d-TGA can forecast academic performance in both reading and mathematics nearly a decade later. These findings may have implications for identifying risk in children with other medical and neurodevelopmental disorders affecting brain development.

Keywords

CardiacCongenital heart diseaseExecutive functionMathReadingTransposition of the great arteriesVisual-spatial processing
Type
Regular Research
Information
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 27 , Issue 9 , October 2021 , pp. 857 - 864
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Copyright © INS. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2021

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