Findings from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital in Clinical Neurology Reported (Development of the Parental Questionnaire for Cerebral Visual Impairment In Children Younger Than 72 Months): Neurology – Clinical Neurology

2021 SEP 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at South Korea Daily Report -- Current study results on Neurology - Clinical Neurology have been published. According to news reporting originating from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is an undercliagnosed condition in children, and its assessment tools have focused on older children. We aimed to develop a parental questionnaire for cerebral visual impairment (PQCVI) for screening CVI in young children.”

Financial supporters for this research include National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Hanyang University.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, “The PQCVI comprised 23 questions based on a modified version of I louliston and Dutton’s questionnaire for older children. The PQCVI with neurocognitive function tests was applied to 201 child-parent pairs with typically developing children younger than 72 months (age 32.4 +/- 20.1 months, mean +/- standard deviation). The children were classified into six age groups. The normative data, cutoff scores, and internal reliability were assessed and item analysis was performed. We referred to the total score for all questions as the cerebral visual function (CVF) score. The normative data showed that the CVF score and the scores corresponding to ventral-stream and dorsal-stream visual functions plausibly increased with age. The scores rapidly reached 90% of their maximum values up to the age of 36 months, after which they increased slowly. Cronbach’s alpha for all questions across all age groups was 0.97, showing excellent consistency. The item difficulty and item discrimination coefficients showed that the questions were generally adequate for this age stage. The PQCVI items produced reliable responses in children younger than 72 months. The rapid increase in scores before the age of 3 years supports the importance of early identification of CVI.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Following additional clinical verification, the PQCVI may be use- fiti for CVI screening.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Development of the Parental Questionnaire for Cerebral Visual Impairment In Children Younger Than 72 Months. Journal of Clinical Neurology, 2021;17(3):354-362. Journal of Clinical Neurology can be contacted at: Korean Neurological Assoc, 1111 Daeil Bld, 43 Insa-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, 110-741, South Korea.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Hee Jung Chung, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Dept. of Pediatrics, 100 Ilsan Ro, Goyang 10444, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Jin-Hwa Moon, Gun-Ha Kim, Sung Koo Kim, Seunghyo Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, JoonSik Kim, Jin-Kyung Kim, Byoungho H. Noh, Jung Hye Byeon, Baik-Lin Eun, So Hee Eun, Jung Sook Yeom and Jieun Choi.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2021.17.3.354. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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