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Original Articles

Non-parametric Evaluation of Memory Changes at Group and Individual Level Following Temporal Lobe Resection for Pharmaco-resistant Partial Epilepsy

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Pages 943-954 | Accepted 01 Dec 2001, Published online: 16 Aug 2010
 

ABSTRACT

Group versus individual verbal and visuospatial memory outcome following epilepsy surgery was evaluated by a non-parametric method in 25 left and 29 right temporal lobectomy patients. Twenty-five controls were assessed twice. Analyses of change at an individual level evaluated by this statistical approach based on paired-ranks were compared to results with a method based on distances (Reliable Change). The left temporal lobectomy group deteriorated in the two verbal memory variables (p < 0.01 and 0.05). High levels of individual changes unexplained by group patterns were disclosed in the three memory variables analyzed in the patients. Significant individual change, although less pronounced, also occurred in the controls. Group versus individual outcome was adequately distinguished by the non-parametric method. To properly analyze memory change after epilepsy surgery, evaluation at group and individual level ought to combined.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Elisabeth Engman was supported by grants from the Göteborg Foundation for Neurological Research and from the Medical Faculty of Göteborg.

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