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- Rendimiento escolar e tipos de errores en la lectura en los niños con alteraciones de la función visualPublication . Lança, Carla; Serra, Helena; Prista, JoãoSe desarrolló un estudio descriptivo con el objetivo de evaluar el rendimiento escolar así como tipos de errores en la lectura en niños con alteraciones de la función visual. En el estudio participaron 672 niños del Municipio de Lisboa (7.69±1.19 años): grupo de control (función visual normal=562) y grupo experimental (alteraciones da función visual=110). Se cuestionaron 34 profesores acerca del rendimiento escolar y lectura a través de un cuestionario validado. Para la evaluación en la lectura se empleó la prueba de lectura de 34 palabras sueltas. Los niños con la función visual alterada mostraron niveles más bajos de rendimiento escolar. Estaban en el nivel "negativo" del 10,9% de los niños con la función visual alterada y sólo del 5,3% de los niños con la función visual normal. Estos niños comenten más errores en la lectura (p<0,001) con un mayor número de no palabras (3,09±5,20) en comparación con los niños con la función visual normal (1,44±3,09). Comenten también más omisiones y adiciones de letras y confusiones de grafema, teniendo dificultades en el análisis global de la palabra. Se propone un modelo de orientación para los profesores.
- Binocular function years after surgeryPublication . Reich-d'Almeida, F.; Lança, Carla; Reich-d'Almeida, IsabelPurpose - To demonstrate that in surgically treated infantile esotropia patients, with no previous signs of binocularity, it is possible after a very long therapy with medical and orthoptic regular follow up, to achieve functional rehabilitation well above the conventionally accepted age for sensorial recovery.
- Prevalence of anisometropia and its associated factors in school-age childrenPublication . Hashemi, Hassan; Khabazkhoob, Mehdi; Lança, Carla; Emamian, Mohammad Hassan; Fotouhi, AkbarPurpose: To determine the prevalence of anisometropia and the associated demographic and biometric risk factors in children. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the elementary school children of Shahroud, east of Iran, in 2015. All rural students were recruited, while multistage cluster sampling was used to select the students in urban areas. All children underwent optometric examinations including the measurement of uncorrected and corrected visual acuity, autorefraction, and subjective refraction with cycloplegia. Biometric components were measured using the Allegro Biograph. Myopia and hyperopia were defined as a spherical equivalent ≤-0.5 and ≥ +2.00 diopter, respectively. Students with a history of ocular trauma or lack of cycloplegic refraction at least in one eye were excluded from the study. Results: Of 6624 selected children, 5620 participated in the study. After applying the exclusion criteria, the data of 5357 students (boys: 52.8%, n = 2834) were analyzed. The mean age of the subjects was 9.2 ± 1.7 years (range: 6-12 years). The prevalence of anisometropia ≥ 1 D was 1.1% (95% CI: 0.8 to 1.4) in all children, 1.0% (95% CI: 0.7-1.3) in boys, 1.3% (95% CI: 0.8-1.7) in girls, 1.1% (95% CI: 0.8-1.4) in urban children, and 1.4% (95% CI: 0.5-2.3) in rural children. The prevalence of anisometropia was 8.8% (95% CI: 5.3-12.2) in myopic and 5.7% (95% CI: 2.8-8.5) in hyperopic children. Axial length asymmetry (OR = 40.9; 95%CI: 10.2-164.1), myopia (OR = 17.9; 95% CI: 9.4-33.9), and hyperopia (OR = 10.1; 95% CI: (5.1-19.7) were associated with anisometropia in multiple logistic regression model. More anisometropia was associated with more severe amblyopia. The odds of amblyopia (OR = 82.3: 38.2-177-3) and strabismus (OR = 17.6: 5.5-56.4) were significantly higher in anisometropic children. The prevalence of amblyopia was 21.7% in children with myopic anisometropia ≥ 3D, 66.7% in children with hyperopic anisometropia ≥ 3D, and 100% in cases with antimetropia ≥ 3D. Conclusion: The prevalence of anisometropia was low in Iranian schoolchildren. However, a high percentage of anisometropic students had amblyopia and strabismus. Axial length was the most important biometric component associated with anisometropia.
- Reply to letter to the Editor: Expert opinion on best practice guidelines and competency framework for visual screening in childrenPublication . Lança, CarlaThe aim of this study was to describe experts’ perception of best-practice guidelines and competency framework for visual screening in children. This study uses qualitative data and shows individual/ group conceptualization. The use of evidence from qualitative studies has traditionally been a fundamental source of knowledge in the clinical and social sciences.
- Three-year change in refractive error and its risk factors: results from the Shahroud School Children Eye Cohort studyPublication . Lança, Carla; Emamian, Mohammad Hassan; Wong, Yee Ling; Hashemi, Hassan; Khabazkhoob, Mehdi; Grzybowski, Andrzej; Saw, Seang Mei; Fotouhi, AkbarObjectives: To determine spherical equivalent (SE) progression among children in the Shahroud School Children's Eye Cohort Study. Methods: A prospective cohort study recruited children aged 6 to 12 years in 2015 (baseline) with a follow-up in 2018. Cycloplegic autorefraction and axial length (AL) measurements were included. SE progression over 3 years was analysed in non-myopic (SE ≥ + 0.76 D), pre-myopic (PM; SE between +0.75 D and –0.49 D), low myopic (LM; SE between −0.5 D and −5.99 D), and high myopic (HM; SE ≤ − 6 D) eyes. Age, sex, near work, outdoor time, living place, parental myopia, mother’s education, and baseline SE were evaluated as risk factors for SE progression (≤ −0.50 D). Results: Data were available for 3989 children (7945 eyes). At baseline, 40.3% (n = 3205), 3.4% (n = 274) and 0.1% (n = 7) eyes had PM, LM and HM, respectively. At the 3-year follow-up, 40.5% (n = 3216), 7.5% (n = 599) and 0.2% (n = 15) eyes had PM, LM, and HM, respectively. SE progression in eyes with LM and HM was −1.08 ± 0.76 D and −1.60 ± 1.19 D, respectively. SE progression was associated with age at baseline (Odds Ratio [OR] = 1.14; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08–1.21), female sex (OR = 1.80; 95% CI: 1.48–2.18), near work (OR = 1.08; 95% CI: 1.02–1.14), parental myopia (OR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.01–1.42) and baseline SE (OR = 2.28; 95% CI: 1.88–2.78). Conclusion: A myopic shift was associated with older age, female sex, near work, parental myopia, and greater myopic baseline SE. These results help identify children at risk of progression that may benefit from treatment and lifestyle counseling.
- Assessment of visual function in children with multiple disabilities: two case studies of children with cerebral palsyPublication . Fernandes, Nádia; Lança, CarlaPurpose: a) multiply handicapped children have a high incidence of disorders affecting the visual system; b) assessment and management of visual disorders in this group of children presents a complex challenge; c) this study describes the results of visual function assessment in two children with neurological disability over a one-year period.
- Binocular vision and reading ability in a Portuguese population of school age childrenPublication . Lança, Carla; Serra, Helena; Prista, JoãoPreventable visual loss caused by amblyopia (2 to 4%) and its risk factors such as strabismus (3%) and uncorrected refractive errors (5 to 7%) represent an important public health problem. Children with binocular vision anomalies could be at disadvantage in reading and writing. Objectives: (1) Describe binocular vision measures in children of school age; and (2) Describe the impact of abnormal binocular vision on reading ability (reading errors and reading speed).
- Reading performance in children with visual function anomaliesPublication . Lança, Carla; Serra, Helena; Prista, JoãoAims - To compare reading performance in children with and without visual function anomalies and identify the influence of abnormal visual function and other variables in reading ability. Methods - A cross-sectional study was carried in 110 children of school age (6-11 years) with Abnormal Visual Function (AVF) and 562 children with Normal Visual Function (NVF). An orthoptic assessment (visual acuity, ocular alignment, near point of convergence and accommodation, stereopsis and vergences) and autorefraction was carried out. Oral reading was analyzed (list of 34 words). Number of errors, accuracy (percentage of success) and reading speed (words per minute - wpm) were used as reading indicators. Sociodemographic information from parents (n=670) and teachers (n=34) was obtained. Results - Children with AVF had a higher number of errors (AVF=3.00 errors; NVF=1.00 errors; p<0.001), a lower accuracy (AVF=91.18%; NVF=97.06%; p<0.001) and reading speed (AVF=24.71 wpm; NVF=27.39 wpm; p=0.007). Reading speed in the 3rd school grade was not statistically different between the two groups (AVF=31.41 wpm; NVF=32.54 wpm; p=0.113). Children with uncorrected hyperopia (p=0.003) and astigmatism (p=0.019) had worst reading performance. Children in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grades presented a lower risk of having reading impairment when compared with the 1st grade. Conclusion - Children with AVF had reading impairment in the first school grade. It seems that reading abilities have a wide variation and this disparity lessens in older children. The slow reading characteristics of the children with AVF are similar to dyslexic children, which suggest the need for an eye evaluation before classifying the children as dyslexic.
- Deep learning system to predict the 5-year risk of high myopia using fundus imaging in childrenPublication . Foo, Li Lian; Lim, Gilbert Yong San; Lança, Carla; Wong, Chee Wai; Hoang, Quan V.; Zhang, Xiu Juan; Yam, Jason C.; Schmetterer, Leopold; Chia, Audrey; Wong, Tien Yin; Ting, Daniel S. W.; Saw, Seang-Mei; Ang, MarcusOur study aims to identify children at risk of developing high myopia for timely assessment and intervention, preventing myopia progression and complications in adulthood through the development of a deep learning system (DLS). Using a school-based cohort in Singapore comprising 998 children (aged 6-12 years old), we train and perform primary validation of the DLS using 7456 baseline fundus images of 1878 eyes; with external validation using an independent test dataset of 821 baseline fundus images of 189 eyes together with clinical data (age, gender, race, parental myopia, and baseline spherical equivalent (SE)). We derive three distinct algorithms - image, clinical, and mix (image + clinical) models to predict high myopia development (SE ≤ -6.00 diopter) during teenage years (5 years later, age 11-17). Model performance is evaluated using the area under the receiver operating curve (AUC). Our image models (Primary dataset AUC 0.93-0.95; Test dataset 0.91-0.93), clinical models (Primary dataset AUC 0.90-0.97; Test dataset 0.93-0.94) and mixed (image + clinical) models (Primary dataset AUC 0.97; Test dataset 0.97-0.98) achieve clinically acceptable performance. The addition of 1 year SE progression variable has minimal impact on the DLS performance (clinical model AUC 0.98 versus 0.97 in the primary dataset, 0.97 versus 0.94 in the test dataset; mixed model AUC 0.99 versus 0.97 in the primary dataset, 0.95 versus 0.98 in test dataset). Thus, our DLS allows prediction of the development of high myopia by teenage years amongst school-going children. This has potential utility as a clinical decision support tool to identify "at-risk" children for early intervention.
- Children visual screening protocol: validation by a focus group panel of expertsPublication . Lança, CarlaScreening programs, particularly the inclusion of specific orthoptic tests to detect visual abnormalities, varies among countries. This study aims to: 1) describes expert perception of issues related with children visual screening; 2) identify specific orthoptic tests to detect visual abnormalities in children visual screening.
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