{"id":39,"date":"2021-03-18T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2021-05-11T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:58:19","slug":"prevalence-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/what-is-the-cvi-project\/prevalence-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevalence Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"39\" class=\"elementor elementor-39\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d703400 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d703400\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-100063a6\" data-id=\"100063a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e6ccb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"48e6ccb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.7.1 - 14-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prevalence Study<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b665933 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b665933\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21d60f0\" data-id=\"21d60f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f91b30e\" data-id=\"f91b30e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85cda01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85cda01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.7.1 - 14-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Study Aims<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This study aimed to find out approximately how many children may be affected by CVI and what is the best way of identifying who might be at risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The study involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recruiting mainstream primary schools in Gloucester, Southampton and North Somerset.<\/li>\n<li>Collecting school based information on children, including ethnicity, known diagnoses and any additional needs.<\/li>\n<li>Collecting teacher report data on a brief standard 25 item questionnaire about each child in their classes in years 1-6<\/li>\n<li>Collecting parent report data on a 6-10 item survey about their child\/ren in years 1-6<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Conducting nested detailed assessments of approximately 10% of children in a \u2018Looking Activities\u2019 session on school premises (with parental consent), led by a specialist vision researcher<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7433a6d\" data-id=\"7433a6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b24e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b24e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Feedback for schools<\/strong><\/h3><p>Following the analysis of all the data, we visited our participating schools with as much information as possible. We told the schools about particular children in their school who seemed to struggle with the vision tests in a way that suggests CVI.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>Study Results<\/strong><\/h3><p>We have published a paper with the overall study results in the journal &#8216;Developmental Medicine &amp; Child Neurology&#8217;. Here is a direct link to the paper:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/dmcn.14819\">Prevalence Paper<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Here is a link to a Worldwide Webinar from the World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, where our very own Cathy Williams talks about our study and the results:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ITaiJgTkugg\">WSPOS Webinar on CVI<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For more information on CVI, there are two main organisations in the UK who aim to raise awareness and understanding of CVI:<\/p><p><strong>The CVI Society:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvisociety.org.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.cvisociety.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p><p><strong>CVI Scotland:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cviscotland.org\/\">http:\/\/cviscotland.org\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prevalence Study Study Aims This study aimed to find out approximately how many children may be affected by CVI and what is the best way of identifying who might be at risk. The study involved: Recruiting mainstream primary schools in Gloucester, Southampton and North Somerset. 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