Symptoms in children with convergence insufficiency: before and after treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate symptom patterns and evaluate the relationship between patient characteristics and symptom severity before and after treatment for symptomatic children with convergence insufficiency (CI).

Methods

In a randomized clinical trial, the convergence insufficiency symptom survey was administered pre- and posttreatment to 221 children aged 9 to <18 years with symptomatic CI. Frequency of symptom type was determined at baseline, mean change in performance-related vs. eye-related symptoms for treatment responders was compared, and the relationship between patient characteristics and symptom severity at baseline for the entire cohort and after treatment for those who responded to treatment was determined.

Results

At baseline, the score for performance-rel

SUBMITTER: Barnhardt C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3461822 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature