Psychiatric Comorbidities Associated With Keratoconus.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evaluating risk factors for keratoconus, often associated with recurrent eye rubbing, could generate hypotheses to be tested in future interventional trials.

Objective

To assess the risk for keratoconus associated with psychiatric comorbidities in adolescents and adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cross-sectional study included medical records of Israeli adolescents and adults in military service from January 2011 through December 2021.

Main outcomes and measures

The prevalence of anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), autism, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was evaluated in individuals with and without keratoconus. The association between keratoconus and psychiatric comorbidities was tested usi

SUBMITTER: Safir M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636647 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature