Behaviors of children with unilateral vision impairment in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether behavioral functioning of 4.5-year-olds differs between two treatments for unilateral cataract and whether behavioral functioning is predicted by visual acuity in the treated eye.

Methods

The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study is a multicenter clinical trial in which 114 infants with unilateral congenital cataracts were randomized to undergo cataract extraction with contact lens correction or implantation of an intraocular lens. Patching data were collected during the year preceding a visit at age 4.5 years, when both visual acuity and caregiver-reported behavioral functioning were assessed for 109 participants. Caregiver stress was assessed with the Parenting Stress Index at 4.25 years.

Results

There were no treatment group differences in beh

SUBMITTER: Celano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5003720 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature