Child Behavior Check List, Korean Personality Inventory for Children in Presumed Functional Visual Loss.
10.3341/jkos.2010.51.8.1092
- Author:
Sang Mi LEE
1
;
Myung Ho LIM
;
Sung Eun KYUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, The Dankook University Medical College, Cheonan, Korea. kseeye@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Behavior;
Functional visual loss;
Personality
- MeSH:
Child;
Child Behavior;
Humans;
Personality Inventory;
Social Problems;
Vision, Ocular;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2010;51(8):1092-1098
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical courses of children with functional visual loss and to evaluate their psychosocial problems. METHODS: Thirteen children who visited the ophthalmic clinic of Dankook University Hospital because of functional vision loss between August 1, 2005 and January 1, 2009 were examined to establish the cause of lost vision. The results of the child behavior checklist-Korean version (K-CBCL) and the Korean personality inventory for children (KPI-C) were obtained in nine out of the 13 children. RESULTS: The mean visual acuities at the initial and last visits for nine children in the functional visual loss group were 0.58 +/- 0.28 and 0.89 +/- 0.31, respectively. Somatic complaints, social problems and overall behavioral problems were statistically significantly different from those of the control group according to the K-CBCL, and somatic concern was statistically significantly different from that of the control group according to the KPI-C. CONCLUSIONS: Children in the functional visual loss group had different traits from those in the control group according to the K-CBCL and KPI-C. Children's psychosocial problems could be expressed as somatic symptoms, of which vision loss should be considered a major factor.
