Illness

Overview

Influence: Illness
Domain: Student
Sub-Domain: Physical influences
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
Influence Definition: Illness is defined as a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind. Chronic illnesses, such as iodine deficiency or asthma, or chronic physical diseases, such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Also includes diabetes, asthma, brain injury, cleft lip, or sickle cell disease.

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title	Author	First Author's Country	Article Name	Year Published	Variable	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Effect Size
Journal of Pediatric Psychology	Sharpe & Rossiter	Canada	Siblings of children with a chronic illness: A meta-analysis	2002	Chronic illness on achievement	7	0	7	-0.20
Diabetes Care	Gaudieri, Chen, Greer & Holmes	USA	Cognitive function in children with type 1 diabetes: a meta-analysis	2008	Diabetes vs. Non diabetic on achievement	19	2,144	19	-0.13
Journal of Pediatric Psychology	Pinquart & Teubert	Germany	Academic, Physical, and Social Functioning of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Physical Illness: A Meta-Analysis	2011	Chronic illness on achievement	824	104,867	824	-0.53
Nutrients	Bougma, Aboud, Harding & Marquis	Canada	Iodine and Mental Development of Children 5 Years Old and Under: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	2013	Iodine deficiency on academic achievement	24	0	24	-0.49
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology	Irani, Barbone, Beausoleil, & Gerald	USA	Is Asthma Associated with Cognitive Impairments? A Meta-Analytic Review	2017	Asthma vs. Controls students	15	0	15	-0.33
Journal of Pediatric Psychology	Naguib, Kulinskaya, Lomax & Garralda	UK	Neuro-cognitive performance in children with type 1 diabetes—a meta-analysis	2009	Diabetic vs Non diabetic on achievement	24	14,089	93	-0.21
TOTAL/AVERAGE						913	121,100	982	-0.31