Photosensitivity in Various Disease States

Raucci, Umberto; Nardo, Giovanni Di; Evangelisti, Melania; Villa, Maria Pia; Parisi, Pasquale

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05080-5_12

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“…Even oculomotor control may be affected in people with ADHD (Jiménez et al, 2020). In addition, light sensitivity is a prevalent issue among individuals with ADHD, with as many as 69% reporting photophobia (Raucci et al, 2021), suggesting a common underlying visual processing component to both ADHD and VS. Among adults, the complexity of identifying ADHD symptoms relative to other disorders makes it harder to ascertain an accurate differential diagnosis (Marshall, et al, 2016).…”

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Evidence for Overlapping Visual Processing Difficulties in Adult ADHD and Visual Stress

BarNir,

Shaked,

Elad

et al. 2023

Percept Mot Skills

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We investigated the viability of spectral filters as an adjunctive treatment for adults with both ADHD and visual processing difficulties. Fifty-nine adults (age 18-50), diagnosed with both ADHD and visual stress received either spectral filters ( n = 39) or no intervention ( n = 20) to address visual processing difficulties. We administered the MOXO d-CPT, a computer based continuous performance test, before the intervention and one hour after the intervention to assess any short-term change in the participants’ attention profile. We used the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) before and 3–6 months after the intervention to assess any long-term intervention impact after 3–6 months. The intervention group had significant short- and long-term improvements in overall attention compared to the control group (X2(1, N = 59) = 20.10, p < .001). On the DSM-5, 49% of participants with short term and 64% with long-term intervention no longer met criteria for an ADHD diagnosis. Findings suggest that spectral filters may be an adjunctive treatment for many adults suffering from perceptually-based attention issues common to visual stress and ADHD.

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confidence: 99%