Chief Complaint(s) Of Vision Therapy Patients Diagnosed With Convergence Insufficiency.

Background: This is a retrospective study .of primary chief complaint(s) prior to examination of patients diagnosed with convergence insufficiency (CI) and recommended vision therapy. Methods: An electronic search of all CI patients from January, 2006, though December, 2007, was conducted at Michigan College of Optometry Clinic in Big Rapids, Michigan, resulting in sixty-five patients. All patients were recommended vision therapy. Data was collected from patients' medical charts on six vari~bles: patients' chief complaint, gender, age, occupation, review of systems, and additional diagnoses when first diagnosed with CI. Results: The significance of the relationship between the previously-mentioned variables was tested using chi-square and/or other· analysis. Out of all patients seen in the clinic from January, 2006 through December, 2007, only sixty-five were CI patients. The most frequent chief complaint was blur, followed by tired or strained eyes, then headaches, asymptomatic, and diplopia. The most frequent gender was female. The most frequent occupation was student. The most prevalent age was between the age of 11-20 years old. The most common review of systems was tired eyes. The most frequent diagnosis in addition to CI was astigmatism followed by myopia. Conclusions: This new study aids the clinician's knowledge prior to examination for diagnosing CI patients. This allows the practitioner to be clued into the patient's chief complaint, gender, age, occupation, review of systems, and additional diagnosis to convergence insufficiency statistical value prior to diagnosing CI.