| Project/Area Number |
16H07343
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Special needs education
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| Research Institution | Osaka Medical College |
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Principal Investigator |
FUKUI MIHO 大阪医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (70782241)
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| Research Collaborator |
SHIMAKAWA Shuichi
OKUMURA Tomohito
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Keywords | 低出生体重児 / 学習障害 / 認知機能評価 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We investigated the rate of children with reading disability, and evaluated whether visual perception and hand-eye coordination were implicated in reading skill in the first to third grade children who were born as very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs). 26% of the children developed reading disabilities. We used the Wide-range Assessment of Vision-related Essential Skills (WAVES) test to assess visual perception and hand-eye coordination in this study. Participants were divided into those with and without reading disabilities (Dys and N-Dys, respectively), and the results of the WAVES test were compared between the groups. In the WAVES test, subjects in the Dys group had significantly lower abilities compared with the N-Dys group in the following skills: tracing (p<0.05), comparing numbers (p<0.05), and copying shapes (p<0.01). Our findings suggest that visual perception and hand-eye coordination were implicated in pathophysiology of reading disabilities in VLBWIs.
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