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- Title
Eye Vergence Responses During an Attention Task in Adults With ADHD and Clinical Controls.
- Authors
Jiménez, Elizabeth Carolina; Avella-Garcia, Claudia; Kustow, James; Cubbin, Sally; Corrales, Montse; Richarte, Vanessa; Esposito, Flavia Lorena; Morata, Imanol; Perera, Alexandre; Varela, Paloma; Cañete, Jose; Faraone, Stephen V.; Supèr, Hans; Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni
- Abstract
Objective: ADHD patients show poor oculomotor control and recent studies show that attention-related eye vergence is weak in ADHD children. We aimed to assess vergence as a potential diagnostic biomarker for ADHD in adults. Method: We assessed the modulation in the angle of vergence while performing an attention task (N = 144), comparing the results for adults previously diagnosed with ADHD (N = 108) with age-matched clinical controls (N = 36). Results: Significant differences in eye vergence response modulation between clinical controls and ADHD patients were documented. Diagnostic test accuracy was 79%. Conclusion: In combination with an attention task, eye vergence responses could be used as an objective marker to support the clinical diagnosis of adult ADHD.
- Subjects
ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; PSYCHOLOGY of adults; PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis; TASK performance; CLINICAL trials; RESEARCH; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; COMPARATIVE studies; VISION; ATTENTION
- Publication
Journal of Attention Disorders, 2021, Vol 25, Issue 9, p1302
- ISSN
1087-0547
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1087054719897806