Swedish interactive thresholding algorithm fast for following visual fields in prepubertal idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Swedish Interactive Thresholding Algorithm Fast visual-field tests averaged 4.5 minutes per eye.
Swedish interactive thresholding algorithm fast for following visual fields in prepubertal idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
To examine the reliability of Swedish Interactive Thresholding Algorithm Fast (SITA Fast) visual fields (visual fields) in prepubertal idiopathic intracranial hypertension (intracranial hypertension) and to compare whether age, gender, or severity of visual outcome influenced the reliability of visual fields tests.
Twenty-six prepubertal children (<11 years of age; mean age, 7.2 years) with intracranial hypertension.
Three children were treated at the age of 2 years and were unable to perform automated visual fields tests.
Age was not associated with reliability scores of SITA Fast tests (F = 0.971, not significant [ns]).
Gender did not influence the reliability of SITA Fast visual fields tests (chi-square((1)) = 0.669, ns), nor did severity of visual outcome (chi-square((2)) = 3.348, ns).
Visual deficits were observed in 55% of patients at presentation and in 27% of patients after resolution of papilledema.
The SITA Fast visual fields tests can be performed from age 4 years and offer a reliable method for shortening test time.
A child-oriented follow-up program, which entails a shortened testing time, may improve outcome in prepubertal intracranial hypertension.