Ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia
Individuals with schizophrenia have been reported to exhibit a higher prevalence of convergence insufficiency (CI) than the normal adult population. The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals with schizophrenia exhibit clinical signs of CI and to determine if the Convergence Insuffici...
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| author | Mark S Bolding Adrienne C. Lahti Timothy J. Gawne Kristine B. Hopkins Demet eGurler Paul D. Gamlin |
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| description | Individuals with schizophrenia have been reported to exhibit a higher prevalence of convergence insufficiency (CI) than the normal adult population. The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals with schizophrenia exhibit clinical signs of CI and to determine if the Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey (CISS) is an effective instrument for identifying CI in this population.Twenty participants with schizophrenia (SZ) and 20 healthy controls (HC) completed the study. The prevalence of CI (15%) in the SZ group was slightly higher than reported norms, but the difference was not significant. The SZ group had significantly higher scores on the CISS than the HC group, but the CISS scores did not correlate with clinical measures of CI in individuals with SZ. The only exception was that SZ patients had a significantly reduced fusional reserve as determined by Sheard’s criteria. Further study is needed to determine why individuals with schizophrenia reported symptoms associated with CI even though clinical measures did not support this diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af9dcf1ace8b48f38d809a31bfae61c22022-12-21T18:28:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402012-10-01310.3389/fpsyt.2012.0008631417Ocular convergence deficits in schizophreniaMark S Bolding0Adrienne C. Lahti1Timothy J. Gawne2Kristine B. Hopkins3Demet eGurler4Paul D. Gamlin5University of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamIndividuals with schizophrenia have been reported to exhibit a higher prevalence of convergence insufficiency (CI) than the normal adult population. The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals with schizophrenia exhibit clinical signs of CI and to determine if the Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey (CISS) is an effective instrument for identifying CI in this population.Twenty participants with schizophrenia (SZ) and 20 healthy controls (HC) completed the study. The prevalence of CI (15%) in the SZ group was slightly higher than reported norms, but the difference was not significant. The SZ group had significantly higher scores on the CISS than the HC group, but the CISS scores did not correlate with clinical measures of CI in individuals with SZ. The only exception was that SZ patients had a significantly reduced fusional reserve as determined by Sheard’s criteria. Further study is needed to determine why individuals with schizophrenia reported symptoms associated with CI even though clinical measures did not support this diagnosis.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00086/fullSchizophreniaoculomotorendophenotypevergenceconvergence insufficiencyeye movement dysfunction |
| spellingShingle | Mark S Bolding Adrienne C. Lahti Timothy J. Gawne Kristine B. Hopkins Demet eGurler Paul D. Gamlin Ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia Frontiers in Psychiatry Schizophrenia oculomotor endophenotype vergence convergence insufficiency eye movement dysfunction |
| title | Ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia |
| title_full | Ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia |
| title_fullStr | Ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia |
| title_short | Ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia |
| title_sort | ocular convergence deficits in schizophrenia |
| topic | Schizophrenia oculomotor endophenotype vergence convergence insufficiency eye movement dysfunction |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00086/full |
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