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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

FunctionaL Assessment Scale of Hemianopia (FLASH): A New Multidisciplinary Tool to Assess Hemianopia in Patients with Severe Acquired Brain Injury.

Susanna Lucatello, Sara De Angelis, Concetta Di Lorenzo, Marco Iosa, Luisa Magnotti, Marta Di Paolo, Maria De Luca, Maria Gabriella Buzzi, Marco Tramontano

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Susanna LucatelloFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8776-8810
Sara De AngelisFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Concetta Di LorenzoFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Marco IosaFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2434-3887
Luisa MagnottiFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Marta Di PaoloFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Maria De LucaFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0084-3772
Maria Gabriella BuzziFondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, 00179 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1307-8707
Marco TramontanoDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6034-0638
Fondazione Santa Lucia · ITAzienda USL di Bologna · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSevere acquired brain injury (sABI) encompasses a range of neurological impairments. Visual dysfunction, particularly homonymous visual field defects (HVFDs) and homonymous hemianopia (HH), commonly afflicts sABI survivors, affecting their cognitive and motor rehabilitation. This study presents the FunctionaL Assessment Scale of Hemianopia (FLASH), developed to analyze the most common postural behaviors exhibited by sABI patients with hemianopia during activities of daily living. A comparison to traditional static automated perimetry for diagnosing visual field deficits (VFDs) to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the FLASH was used. Additionally, this study also aimed to assess its reliability.

methodsFifty-six patients (25 F, 31 M, mean age 60.59 ± 14.53) with strokes in the sub-acute phase (<6 months from the onset) were assessed with both FLASH and a Humphrey Field Analyzer.

resultsAfter removing two items found to be less reliable than others, FLASH showed high sensitivity (81%) and specificity (77%) when compared to static automated perimetry. Inter-rater reliability was also high, with an intra-class correlation coefficient of 0.954, as well as the internal consistency computed by Cronbach's alpha, equal to 0.874.

conclusionFLASH could offer a valuable and cost-effective screening tool for VFD in sABI patients during neurorehabilitation, with potential implications for healthcare cost reduction.

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cognitive visual functionshemianopiahomonymous hemianopiahomonymous visual field defectspsychometrysevere acquired brain injuryspatial neglectvisual field

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PMID37958027
PMCPMC10647452
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