Validation of a Parental Questionnaire for Screening Children for Neurovisual Disorders
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Questionnaire.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Children Suffering From Cortical Visual Impairment. Basic parameters: from 3 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Belgium
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Some children present visual difficulties linked not to damage to the eye, but to damage to the brain. This type of dysfunction of the visual cerebral pathways leads, for example, to difficulties in recognition, visuomotor coordination or visuo-spatial disorders. These highly specific disorders are known as "cortical visual impairment" (CVI). Despite their real impact on children's development, these disorders are still poorly diagnosed in the French-speaking world. As a result, follow-up and care for these children are poorly adapted. A better understanding of neurovisual disorders and the availability of validated tools in French are therefore essential. Indeed, it is currently considered that 3 to 4% of children aged four to six, i.e. around one child per kindergarten class, have a CVI following a neuro-logical lesion acquired in the perinatal period. Because of the lack of a valid tool in French, the aim of the present study is to provide the results of a validation study of a parental questionnaire for screening children with warning signs of CVI in French. This questionnaire will be offered online using the Qualtrics tool. In order to evaluate the relevance of this questionnaire, it will be proposed, on the one hand, to parents whose child (aged 3 to 12) does not present any particular developmental difficulties, and on the other hand, to parents whose child (aged 3 to 12) seems to present signs of neurovisual disorders. By comparing their answers, the investigators hope that certain questions will reveal elements typical of neurovisual disorders/CVI, thus demonstrating the relevance of this questionnaire in facilitating diagnosis.
Interventions
- Diagnostic test Questionnaire
The parents have to complete a questionnaire
Primary outcome measures
- typical behaviors of CVI [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parents of a child aged between 3 and 12
- Their mother tongue must be French, to ensure that they understand the questions asked in writing.
Control group:
\- Children of the parents surveyed who do not present any medical, school or family developmental particularities.
Clinical group
\- Children of the parents interviewed who present warning signs of CVI reported by a multidisciplinary team specialized in visual impairment.
Exclusion criteria
- no specific criteria (see inclusion criteria)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Belgium · 1 center
- 10 place cardinal Mercier — Louvain-la-Neuve
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06997354 · QP-TNV