School performances in children with cataract: results from a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Childhood cataract is a chronic condition that may interfere with the child's learning capacities. We aimed to investigate whether childhood cataract influences academic development by comparing school performance in reading and mathematics in children with cataract to a matched control group.

Design

Nationwide registry-based cohort study.

Settings

Two surgical centres that perform all treatments for childhood cataract in Denmark.

Participants

Children born between 2000 and 2009 diagnosed with cataract before 10 years of age (n=275) and an age-matched and sex-matched control group (n=2473).

Main outcome measures

School performance was assessed as test scores in national tests performed at regular intervals from grade 2 to grade 8 in reading an

SUBMITTER: Al-Bakri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature