Journal article
Behavioral and Emotional Problems Associated With Convergence Insufficiency in Children: An Open Trial
Journal of attention disorders, v 20(10), pp 836-844
Oct 2016
PMID: 24271946
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Abstract
This study investigated behavioral and emotional characteristics of children with convergence insufficiency (CI), before and after treatment with office-based vergence accommodative therapy (OBVAT).
Parents of 44 children ages 9 to 17 years with symptomatic CI completed the Conners 3 ADHD Index and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) before and after OBVAT. Pre-treatment scores were compared with normative data and post-treatment scores were compared with baseline using the Wilcoxon sign rank test.
Following OBVAT, CI children showed a significant mean improvement (p < .0001, effect size of 0.58) on the Conners 3 ADHD Index with the largest changes occurring in the 23 children who scored the highest at baseline. On the CBCL, anxious/depressed, somatic, and internalizing problems improved significantly (p < .001, effect sizes of -0.36, -1.15, and -0.67, respectively).
In an open trial, attention and internalizing problems improved significantly following treatment for CI.
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- Title
- Behavioral and Emotional Problems Associated With Convergence Insufficiency in Children: An Open Trial
- Creators
- Eric Borsting - Marshall B. Ketchum UniversityG Lynn Mitchell - The Ohio State UniversityL Eugene Arnold - The Ohio State UniversityMitchell Scheiman - Salus UniversityChristopher Chase - Western University of Health SciencesMarjean Kulp - The Ohio State UniversitySusan Cotter - Marshall B. Ketchum UniversityCITT-RS Group
- Publication Details
- Journal of attention disorders, v 20(10), pp 836-844
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000382946400003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84984992266
- Other Identifier
- 991021900612604721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychiatry
- Psychology, Developmental