Frequency and associated factors of accommodation and non-strabismic binocular vision dysfunction among medical university students
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Jin-Mao Chen. Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. CJM_jmc0523@163.com

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Supported by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project for College Students of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University in 2022 and the Development and Application of Appropriate Medical and Health Technologies in Guangxi (No.S2021093).

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    AIM: To investigate the frequency and associated factors of accommodation and non-strabismic binocular vision dysfunction among medical university students. METHODS: Totally 158 student volunteers underwent routine vision examination in the optometry clinic of Guangxi Medical University. Their data were used to identify the different types of accommodation and non-strabismic binocular vision dysfunction and to determine their frequency. Correlation analysis and logistic regression were used to examine the factors associated with these abnormalities. RESULTS: The results showed that 36.71% of the subjects had accommodation and non-strabismic binocular vision issues, with 8.86% being attributed to accommodation dysfunction and 27.85% to binocular abnormalities. Convergence insufficiency (CI) was the most common abnormality, accounting for 13.29%. Those with these abnormalities experienced higher levels of eyestrain (χ2=69.518, P<0.001). The linear correlations were observed between the difference of binocular spherical equivalent (SE) and the index of horizontal esotropia at a distance (r=0.231, P=0.004) and the asthenopia survey scale (ASS) score (r=0.346, P<0.001). Furthermore, the right eye's SE was inversely correlated with the convergence of positive and negative fusion images at close range (r= -0.321, P<0.001), the convergence of negative fusion images at close range (r=-0.294, P<0.001), the vergence facility (VF; r=-0.234, P=0.003), and the set of negative fusion images at far range (r=-0.237, P=0.003). Logistic regression analysis indicated that gender, age, and the difference in right and binocular SE did not influence the emergence of these abnormalities. CONCLUSION: Binocular vision abnormalities are more prevalent than accommodation dysfunction, with CI being the most frequent type. Greater binocular refractive disparity leads to more severe eyestrain symptoms.

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Jie Cai, Wen-Wen Fan, Yun-Hui Zhong, et al. Frequency and associated factors of accommodation and non-strabismic binocular vision dysfunction among medical university students. Int J Ophthalmol, 2024,17(2):374-379

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  • Received:July 21,2023
  • Revised:November 17,2023
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  • Online: January 22,2024
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