Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital Researchers Discuss Findings in Exotropia (High Risk for Attention-Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Children with Strabismus: A Nationwide Cohort Study from the National Health Insurance Research Database): Eye Diseases and Conditions – Exotropia

2021 DEC 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Information Technology Business Daily -- A new study on exotropia is now available. According to news reporting from Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Strabismus is associated with amblyopia and a lower quality of life.”

Funders for this research include Ministry of Science and Technology.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital: “Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common among children and adolescents, and influences their academic, vocational, and social life. Previous studies have suggested an association between strabismus and ADHD. Using data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database between 2000 and 2010, we performed a large-scale cohort study comparing the incidence, risk factors, and severity of ADHD in children with and without strabismus. A total of 2049 patients <18 years old with newly diagnosed strabismus (esotropia: 404; exotropia: 1645) were identified, and 8196 age- and sex-matched controls without strabismus were also included. After an average of 6.5 ± 2.9 years of follow-up, the incidence of ADHD per 1000 person-years was 5.39 in the strabismus group (esotropia: 9.93; exotropia: 4.11) and 3.23 in the control group. The cumulative incidence of ADHD was significantly greater in the esotropia (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.04; 95% confidence interval [CI]:1.36-3.06; * * p* * = 0.0007) and exotropia groups (HR: 1.44; 95% CI: 1.03-2.03; * * p* * = 0.038) than in the controls.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Patients with strabismus had more comorbidities than those without (* * p* * < 0.05). In summary, this large-scale study found a higher cumulative incidence of ADHD in patients with strabismus, especially in those with esotropia.”

For more information on this research see: High Risk for Attention-Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Children with Strabismus: A Nationwide Cohort Study from the National Health Insurance Research Database. Life, 2021,11(1139):1139. (Life - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/life). The publisher for Life is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/life11111139.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Chia-Ying Tsai, Department of Ophthalmology, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 243, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include Chien-Chia Su, Yao-Lin Liu, I-Ju Tsai, Tzu-Hsun Tsai.

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