Natalya Merezhinskaya1,2, Rita K Mallia3, DoHwan Park4, Daniel W Bryden3, Karan Mathur3, Felix M Barker1. 1. Vision Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Department of Defense, Bethesda, Maryland. 2. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia. 3. Contractor in support of Vision Center of Excellence, Bethesda, Maryland. 4. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland.
Abstract
SIGNIFICANCE: This study reports prevalence data combined independently for accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, visual field loss, and visual acuity loss in patients with traumatic brain injury in the absence of eye injury. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the prevalence rates of accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, visual field loss, and visual acuity loss in TBI patients without concomitant eye injury. DATA SOURCES: The data sources used in this study were PubMed, EMBASE, EBSCO, and Cochrane Library. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS METHODS: Publications reporting the prevalence of diagnosed accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, visual field loss, or visual acuity loss to the level of legal blindness in TBI patients of any age were included. Univariate metaregression analyses and subgroup analyses were performed to account for statistical heterogeneity. RESULTS: Twenty-two eligible publications were identified across the four visual conditions. Random-effects models yielded combined prevalence estimates: accommodative dysfunction (42.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], 31.3 to 54.7), convergence insufficiency (36.3%; 95% CI, 28.2 to 44.9%), visual field loss (18.2%; 95% CI, 10.6 to 27.1%), and visual acuity loss (0.0%; 95% CI, 0.0 to 1.1%). Metaregression and subgroup analyses revealed that visual field loss was significantly more prevalent in moderate to severe (39.8%; 95% CI, 29.8 to 50.3%) compared with mild TBI (6.6%; 95% CI, 0 to 19.5%). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF KEY FINDINGS: This study demonstrates that accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, and visual field loss are common sequelae of TBI. Prospective longitudinal research with rigorous and uniform methodology is needed to better understand short- and long-term effects of TBI on the vision system.
SIGNIFICANCE: This study reports prevalence data combined independently for accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, visual field loss, and visual acuity loss in patients with traumatic brain injury in the absence of eye injury. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the prevalence rates of accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, visual field loss, and visual acuity loss in TBIpatients without concomitant eye injury. DATA SOURCES: The data sources used in this study were PubMed, EMBASE, EBSCO, and Cochrane Library. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS METHODS: Publications reporting the prevalence of diagnosed accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, visual field loss, or visual acuity loss to the level of legal blindness in TBIpatients of any age were included. Univariate metaregression analyses and subgroup analyses were performed to account for statistical heterogeneity. RESULTS: Twenty-two eligible publications were identified across the four visual conditions. Random-effects models yielded combined prevalence estimates: accommodative dysfunction (42.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], 31.3 to 54.7), convergence insufficiency (36.3%; 95% CI, 28.2 to 44.9%), visual field loss (18.2%; 95% CI, 10.6 to 27.1%), and visual acuity loss (0.0%; 95% CI, 0.0 to 1.1%). Metaregression and subgroup analyses revealed that visual field loss was significantly more prevalent in moderate to severe (39.8%; 95% CI, 29.8 to 50.3%) compared with mild TBI (6.6%; 95% CI, 0 to 19.5%). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF KEY FINDINGS: This study demonstrates that accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, and visual field loss are common sequelae of TBI. Prospective longitudinal research with rigorous and uniform methodology is needed to better understand short- and long-term effects of TBI on the vision system.
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