Screening for convergence insufficiency using the CISS is not indicated in young adults

Horwood, A. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-9686, Toor, S. and Riddell, P. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4916-2057 (2014) Screening for convergence insufficiency using the CISS is not indicated in young adults. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98 (5). pp. 679-683. ISSN 1468-2079 doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304533

Abstract/Summary

Aim This paper presents Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey (CISS) and orthoptic findings in a sample of typical young adults who considered themselves to have normal eyesight apart from weak spectacles. Methods The CISS questionnaire was administered,followed by a full orthoptic evaluation, to 167 university undergraduate and postgraduate students during the recruitment phase of another study. The primary criterion for recruitment to this study was that participants‘feltthey had normal eyesight'. A CISS score of ≥21 was used to define‘significant’symptoms, and convergence insufficiency (CI) was defined as convergence≥8cm from the nose with a fusion range <15Δ base-out with small or no exophoria. Results The group mean CISS score was 15.4. In all, 17(10%) of the participants were diagnosed with CI, but 11(65%) of these did not have significant symptoms. 41(25%) participants returned a‘high’CISS score of ≥21 but only 6 (15%) of these had genuine CI. Sensitivity of the CISS to detect CI in this asymptomatic sample was 38%; specificity 77%; positive predictive value 15%; and negative predictive value 92%. The area under a receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.596 (95% CI 0.46 to 0.73). Conclusions‘Visual symptoms’are common in young adults, but often not related to any clinical defect, while true CI may be asymptomatic. This study suggests that screening for CI is not indicated

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URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/36476
Identification Number/DOI	10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304533
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Perception and Action
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
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