%0 Journal Article %1 mezer2012children %A Mezer, Eedy %A Wygnanski-Jaffe, Tamara %D 2012 %J European Journal of Ophthalmology %K adhd children eye health medicine mentalhealth ophthalmology pdf stereopsis strabismus vision youth %N 6 %P 931-935 %R 10.5301/ejo.5000145 %T Do children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have ocular abnormalities? %U https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eedy_Mezer/publication/224038824_Do_children_and_adolescents_with_attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder_have_ocular_abnormalities/links/0fcfd5108d5c64a5a0000000.pdf %V 22 %X Purpose: To investigate visual function and ocular features in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: Fifty-one children underwent a detailed ophthalmologic evaluation. Thirty-two were diagnosed with ADHD, and 19 children with attention deficit disorder (ADD). The mean age was 9.9±3.1 years. Results: The average best-corrected visual acuity of the better-seeing eye was 1 (range 0.9-1.25) and 0.96 (range 0.5-1.25) for the fellow eye. Eighteen percent (10) had amblyopia in one or both eyes (3 had strabismic and 7 had ametropic amblyopia). Heterotropia was found in 5 (10%), and absent stereo acuity was found in 3 (6%). Subnormal convergence amplitude was noted in 2 patients (4%). The mean spherical equivalent (SE) of the eyes in this study was 0.17±1.73 (range -5.5 to +7). Twenty-two subjects (43%) had a myopia of -0.50 D or higher. Hyperopia higher than 3.5 D was seen in 10 cases(20%), and astigmatism larger or equal to 1.0 D was observed in 10 patients (20%). With-the-rule a stigmatism was by far most common type in the 29 eyes with an astigmatic refractive error (59%).Significant ametropia was detected in 42 (83%) of the patients. In contrast to other studies, we did not find a higher rate of convergence insufficiency or heterotropia. Conclusions: Children diagnosed with either ADHD or ADD can present with significant ametropia but infrequent heterotropia.

@article{mezer2012children, abstract = {Purpose: To investigate visual function and ocular features in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: Fifty-one children underwent a detailed ophthalmologic evaluation. Thirty-two were diagnosed with ADHD, and 19 children with attention deficit disorder (ADD). The mean age was 9.9±3.1 years. Results: The average best-corrected visual acuity of the better-seeing eye was 1 (range 0.9-1.25) and 0.96 (range 0.5-1.25) for the fellow eye. Eighteen percent (10) had amblyopia in one or both eyes (3 had strabismic and 7 had ametropic amblyopia). Heterotropia was found in 5 (10%), and absent stereo acuity was found in 3 (6%). Subnormal convergence amplitude was noted in 2 patients (4%). The mean spherical equivalent (SE) of the eyes in this study was 0.17±1.73 (range -5.5 to +7). Twenty-two subjects (43%) had a myopia of -0.50 D or higher. Hyperopia higher than 3.5 D was seen in 10 cases(20%), and astigmatism larger or equal to 1.0 D was observed in 10 patients (20%). With-the-rule a stigmatism was by far most common type in the 29 eyes with an astigmatic refractive error (59%).Significant ametropia was detected in 42 (83%) of the patients. In contrast to other studies, we did not find a higher rate of convergence insufficiency or heterotropia. Conclusions: Children diagnosed with either ADHD or ADD can present with significant ametropia but infrequent heterotropia.}, added-at = {2016-10-23T14:31:28.000+0200}, author = {Mezer, Eedy and Wygnanski-Jaffe, Tamara}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23d2d27b5060cee27dbbdeb0b70c64a03/shelley.adams}, doi = {10.5301/ejo.5000145}, interhash = {cef87e77ade6a4d70b7e2cf874d40d77}, intrahash = {3d2d27b5060cee27dbbdeb0b70c64a03}, journal = {European Journal of Ophthalmology}, keywords = {adhd children eye health medicine mentalhealth ophthalmology pdf stereopsis strabismus vision youth}, month = nov, number = 6, pages = {931-935}, pmid = {22505050}, timestamp = {2017-07-18T21:43:26.000+0200}, title = {Do children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have ocular abnormalities?}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eedy_Mezer/publication/224038824_Do_children_and_adolescents_with_attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder_have_ocular_abnormalities/links/0fcfd5108d5c64a5a0000000.pdf}, volume = 22, year = 2012 }