Neuropediatrics 2011; 42(04): 138-147
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1285908
Original Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Screening for Cerebral Visual Impairment: Value of a CVI Questionnaire

E. Ortibus
1   Paediatric Neurology Department, University Hospitals of the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
4   Centrum Ganspoel, Centre for the Support of Children and Adults with a Visual Impairment, Huldenberg, Belgium
,
A. Laenen
2   Interuniversity Centre for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Catholic University of Leuven and Hasselt University, Leuven, Belgium
,
J. Verhoeven
1   Paediatric Neurology Department, University Hospitals of the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
,
P. De Cock
1   Paediatric Neurology Department, University Hospitals of the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
,
I. Casteels
3   Paediatric Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
,
B. Schoolmeesters
4   Centrum Ganspoel, Centre for the Support of Children and Adults with a Visual Impairment, Huldenberg, Belgium
,
A. Buyck
5   Campus De Markgrave, Rehabiliation Unit of the Ophthalmology Department, Middelheim Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
,
L. Lagae
1   Paediatric Neurology Department, University Hospitals of the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Further Information

Publication History

received 23 December 2010

accepted 25 July 2011

Publication Date:
12 September 2011 (online)

Abstract

Objective:

The objective of the study was to investigate the screening utility of a questionnaire for cerebral visual impairment (CVI) by correlating the questionnaire with diagnostic tools such as the L94, the Test of Visual Perceptual Skills - Revised and the Visual Perception subtask of the Beery test of VisuoMotor Integration.

Methods:

The questionnaire consisted of 46 items, exploring different characteristics of CVI. We consecutively recruited 91 children. Parents filled out the questionnaire after which all children were seen for a diagnostic evaluation of CVI.

Results:

There were 58 boys. Subjects’ mean age was 6.10 years. A median of 12 items was ticked in the 45 children with CVI and 7 in the children without impairment. The domain ‘visual attitude’ scored positive most frequently. A logistic regression model using individual items, yielded Receiver Operating Curves for the questionnaire with good areas under the curve of 0.81 against the L94, 0.78 against the TVPS-R and 0.84 against the VP subtask. The sum score of the 6 domains was found to be an easy-obtainable score with a good sensitivity and specificity profile.

Conclusion:

This CVI questionnaire is a viable tool that has the potential of being implemented as part of a routine screening procedure for CVI.

 
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