A new visual acuity test on touchpad for vision screening in children
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Elsa Di Foggia. Ophthalmology Department, NHC Strasbourg, 1 Quai Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 67000, France. elsadifoggia@gmail.com

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    AIM: To validate a visual acuity (VA) test application on touchpad in the screening of pediatric population by comparing VA results obtained with conventional tests. METHODS: A cohort of 101 patients, 44 girls and 57 boys with a median of 6.5 years old (3-10 years of age), presenting for eye examinations in Ophthalmology Department (Strasbourg, France) between November 1st, 2018, and February 1st, 2019 were enrolled. Monocular and binocular VA testing was performed on the subject using both a standard test and the touchpad application (Monoyer, “E” or, Pigassou depending of children’s capacities). Patients were excluded if they were physically or mentally unable to use the touchpad. The duration of each tests, the painfulness, the comprehension, the attention of children during the test and test’s preferences were also evaluated. RESULTS: There was a good linear correlation and intra-class correlation coefficient [ICC=0.50 (0.34, 0.64) for binocular acuity, 0.74 (0.64, 0.82) for right eyes and 0.525 (0.37, 0.66) for left eye]. The standard errors of measurement were very low (0.08, 0.05, 0.08 for binocular VA, right eyes VA and left eyes VA, respectively). There was no difference between two tests for right eye (P=0.126), left eye (P=0.098) and binocular acuity (P=0.085). Non inferiority was proved for all binocular [-0.06 (-0.09, -0.03)], right eye [-0.04 (-0.07, -0.01)] and left eye [-0.06 (-0.09, -0.02)] VA. The sensitivity and specificity, which correspond to the ability for our app to detect amblyopia, were 92% and 80% respectively. CONCLUSION: Our touchpad application represents an efficient and valid test of VA in children with a high specificity to detect visual impairment.

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Elsa Di Foggia, Noémie Stoll, Hélène Meunier, et al. A new visual acuity test on touchpad for vision screening in children. Int J Ophthalmol, 2020,13(9):1436-1442

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  • Received:September 09,2019
  • Revised:June 10,2020
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  • Online: July 21,2020
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