Personality and stress influence vision restoration and recovery in glaucoma and optic neuropathy following alternating current stimulation: implications for personalized neuromodulation and rehabilitation

ConclusionVision restoration induced by ACS is greater in patients with less stress-prone personality traits and those who show signs of VD. Prospective studies are now needed to determine if personality has (i) acausal influence, i.e., patients with less stress-prone personalities and greater VD signs recover better, and/or (ii) if personality changes are aneffect of the treatment, i.e., successful recovery induces personality changes. Though thecause-effect relationship is still open, we nevertheless propose that psychosocial factors and VD contribute to the highly variable outcome of vision restoration treatments in low vision rehabilitation. This has implications for preventive and personalized vision restoration and is of general value for our understanding of outcome variability in neuromodulation and neurological rehabilitation.
Source: EPMA Journal - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research