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==Prevalence== [[File:Photophobia Brea.JPG|250px|thumb|right|[[Jen Brea]] is using an eye mask]] *In 1995, [[Katrina Berne]] reported a prevalence of 65-90% for 'photosensitivity'.<ref name="Berne">{{Cite book | last = Berne | first = Katrina | date = Dec 1, 1995 | title = Running on Empty: The Complete Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS)|edition=2|url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Empty-Complete-Chronic-Syndrome/dp/0897931912/ |publisher= Hunter House | page = 59 |isbn= 978-0897931915}}</ref> *In a 2001 Belgian study, 70.7% of patients meeting the [[Fukuda criteria]] and 75.8% of patients meeting the [[Holmes criteria]], in a cohort of 2073 [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]] patients, reported photophobia.<ref name="DeBecker2001">{{Cite journal | last = De Becker | first = Pascale | authorlink = Pascale De Becker | last2 = McGregor | first2 = Neil | authorlink2 = Neil McGregor | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = Kenny | author-link3 = Kenny De Meirleir| date = Dec 2001 | title = A definition‐based analysis of symptoms in a large cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00890.x?sid=nlm%3Apubmed|journal=Journal of Internal Medicine|volume=250|issue=3|pages=234–240|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00890.x|quote=|via=}}</ref> *A 2013 study by Hutchinson, et al, using a patient population of 59 answering questions on the [[DePaul Symptom Questionnaire]] (DSQ) found that the most common vision-related symptom was sensitivity to bright lights with a 92% prevalence.<ref name="Hutchinson, 2013" />
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