Population-based exploration of academic achievement outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors

Lyndsay A Harshman; Sheila Barron; Anna M Button; Brian J Smith; Brian K Link; Charles F Lynch; Natalie L Denburg

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsr119

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Population-based exploration of academic achievement outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors

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Population-based exploration of academic achievement outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors

Lyndsay A Harshman, Sheila Barron, Anna M Button, Brian J Smith, Brian K Link, Charles F Lynch and Natalie L Denburg

Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.37(4), pp.458-466

05/2012

DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr119

PMCID: PMC3334536

PMID: 22271791

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Abstract

Examine academic achievement among pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors diagnosed during the years 1993-2008. A deterministic linkage of the Iowa Cancer Registry and Iowa Testing Programs databases was performed and yielded 147 survivors. Achievement data, in the form of Iowa Percentile Rank scores, were obtained and analyzed by grade and content domain. Children diagnosed before age 5 evidenced more underachievement than those diagnosed later (p = .05). Underachievement was noted in mathematics in grades 8 and 11 (p's < .05), in addition to a longitudinal decrease in scores from grades 4 through 11 (p = .01). No differences were found in academic achievement between males and females. Utilization of a population-based approach with a nationally recognized, standardized instrument indicates that academic underachievement is subtle yet exists, most notably in mathematics.

Self Concept

Humans

Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - psychology

Underachievement

Child, Preschool

Educational Measurement

Female

Male

Educational Status

Survivors - psychology

Child

Longitudinal Studies

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Title: Subtitle: Population-based exploration of academic achievement outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors
Creators: Lyndsay A Harshman - Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1053, USA
Sheila Barron
Anna M Button
Brian J Smith
Brian K Link
Charles F Lynch
Natalie L Denburg
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.37(4), pp.458-466
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr119
PMID: 22271791
PMCID: PMC3334536
ISSN: 1465-735X
eISSN: 1465-735X
Grant note: K01 AG022033 / NIA NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 05/2012
Academic Unit: Neurology; Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biostatistics; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983996199202771

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