Photosensitivity and filter efficacy in albinism^✰.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the prevalence and severity of photosensitivity in patients with albinism, and to compare with ocular features and how this correlated with use and choice of optical filters.

Methods

Cross-sectional study on 81 participants with ocular or oculocutaneous albinism. An ophthalmic evaluation including visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and evaluation of iris translucency and fundus hypopigmentation was performed. Participants were offered optical rehabilitation with testing of a wide panel of filters. The associations between ocular characteristics, subjective photosensitivity complaints, and filter choice were evaluated.

Results

Photosensitivity was rated as "some" to "worst imaginable" in 77.8% of participants. Severity of photosensitivity correlate

SUBMITTER: Hansen TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10323186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature