Cognitive-behavioral correlates of proxy reports on cognitive capabilities in pediatric patients with epilepsy

The parents' impressions of children's cognition obtained via the KOPKIJ only in part reflect the neuropsychological cognitive status of children and adolescents with epilepsy. They appear rather determined by the children's behavioral problems, which in real life situations indeed often co-occur with cognitive impairments. Aspects of the epilepsy only marginally influence the parents' ratings of their children's cognition.