Brain Disorders & Therapy

Will electronic integrated text, visual and audio questionnaire be a better tool to evaluate the health status of paediatric hydrocephalus patients?

3^rd International Conference on Neurological Disorders and Brain Injury

April 18-19, 2017 London, UK

Joy Tan

Imperial College London

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Brain Disord Ther

Abstract:

Background: The Electronic Integrated Text, Visual and Audio Questionnaire (EITVAQ) were designed towards developing a diseasespecific tool to measure child health status from a childâ??s perspective. EITVAQâ??s outcome is anticipated to be positive, introducing a child-friendly health measurement tool. Methods: This was a prospective crossover pilot study that compared EITVAQ to a printed text 2-paged paper questionnaire (TEXT) format quality of life questionnaire in pediatric hydrocephalus patients. The study was conducted from Nov 2015 to June 2016 in the Neurosurgical Outpatient department, Children University Hospital. Data was compiled for both EITVAQ and TEXT and analyzed using Software Package using Statistical Analysis (SPSS). Findings: There was 100% rate of completion for EITVAQ. However, only 9 (37.5%) of the patients managed to complete the text format. The mean time to complete EITVAQ was 7 minutes. There were 32 questions found in EITVAQ. The mean score for EITVAQ was 132.92 (83%) satisfactory score. Using Pearson Chi-Square Test, the P-Value was 0.341. Although this was not a significantly substantial value, however, patient with less surgical procedure were able to complete EITVAQ 18.9% more than patient with more than five surgical procedures. Furthermore, there was no real correlation between the gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) score and the inability to complete the TEXT format. Conclusions: In this study, the results supports that EITVAQ is a better tool to evaluate the health status of pediatric hydrocephalus patients as it is tailored according to their disability needs

Biography :

Email: joytanewenn@yahoo.com