Visual function and neuropsychological profile in children with Cerebral Visual Impairment

This database includes the raw data linked with the paper “Visual function and neuropsychological profile in children with Cerebral Visual Impairment” published on “Children”. In this paper, we aimed to a) describe the clinical and neuropsychological profiles b) to investigate the possible effects of visual functions on neuropsychological performance of a cohort of children diagnosed with CVI. The first sheet of the spreadsheet includes data on medical history, visual functions neuropsychological evaluations of the 51 subjects included in the descriptive study. The second sheet includes data on visual functions and neuropsychological evalutations for correlation analyses. All the data, except for age, are encoded as reported in the third sheet. Fifty-one children with CVI were included in the descriptive study, and 40 children were selected for the correlation analyses. For each participant, we collected data on neuropsychological assessment, basic visual functions, global development features. Results showed that oculomotor dysfunction involving saccades and smooth pursuit may be a core symptom of CVI and might have a significant impact on cognitive visual and other neuropsychological abilities. Furthermore, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity may influence cognitive, cognitive visual and academic performances. Our findings suggest the importance of a comprehensive assessment of both visual and neuropsychological functions in children when CVI is suspected, to provide a more comprehensive functional profile and define the best habilitation strategy to sustain functional vision.本数据库收录了发表于《Children》期刊的论文《儿童脑性视觉障碍（Cerebral Visual Impairment, CVI）患者的视觉功能与神经心理学特征》（Visual function and neuropsychological profile in children with Cerebral Visual Impairment）所关联的原始数据。本研究旨在达成两项目标：a）描述受试群体的临床与神经心理学特征；b）探究确诊脑性视觉障碍（CVI）的儿童队列中，视觉功能对神经心理学表现的潜在影响。本数据集以电子表格形式存储，第一张工作表收录了描述性研究纳入的51名受试者的病史、视觉功能及神经心理学评估数据；第二张工作表收录了用于相关性分析的视觉功能与神经心理学评估数据；除年龄外，所有数据的编码规则详见第三张工作表。本描述性研究共纳入51名CVI儿童，另有40名儿童被遴选入相关性分析队列。针对每名参与者，研究团队收集了其神经心理学评估、基础视觉功能及整体发育特征相关数据。研究结果显示，累及扫视与平稳追随运动的动眼功能障碍可能是CVI的核心症状，并可对认知视觉功能及其他神经心理学能力产生显著影响。此外，视敏度与对比敏感度或可影响认知、认知视觉及学业表现。本研究结果表明，当怀疑儿童罹患CVI时，对其视觉与神经心理学功能开展全面评估至关重要，此举可构建更完善的功能特征画像，并制定最优康复策略以维持功能性视力。