J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2013 Sep;54(9):1407-1415.

Quality of Life after Strabismus Surgery

• Kim SA
• Yim HB

Abstract

PURPOSE
To assess the effect of strabismus surgery on the quality of life by performing a quality of life-related health survey.
METHODS
This study was comprised of 213 patients (163 patients under 15 years of age, and 50 patients over 15 years of age). After strabismus surgery, patients were asked to complete a standardized confidential questionnaire which evaluated the quality of life and specific concerns related to the surgery.
RESULTS
There was a significant change in the quality of life after strabismus surgery in both groups. No patient reported decreased quality of life after the surgery. Significant score improvement related to the questions designed to evaluate vision, stereopsis, diplopia and social relation was observed (p < 0.05). The number of surgeries did not affect the quality of life postoperatively. Multivariate regression analysis showed that change in the quality of life had significant correlation with social relationships (in both groups) and income (only in patients under 15 years of age). Surgery cost was the most common burden to strabismus patients.
CONCLUSIONS
The present study showed that strabismus surgery significantly improves quality of life. Scores evaluating the change in quality of life did show significant correlation with scores evaluating social relationships and income.

Keyword

Quality of life; Questionnaire; Strabismus surgery

MeSH Terms

Depth Perception
Diplopia
Humans
Quality of Life
Strabismus
Vision, Ocular
Surveys and Questionnaires

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  Figure 1. Percentage of patients who showed improvement (blued), no change (green) and worsening (red) of the general quality of life (A), ocular health (B) and social impediment (C) according to patient’s self assessment.

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  Figure 3. Comparison between two groups regarding to the reply to questionnaire which asked (A) What is the most bothering aspect of strabismus to your child? (B) What is the most challenging as-pect of strabismus treatment? (C) What would you like to tell to the doctors or medical policy makers regarding strabismus surgery? (Patients less than 15 years old) (D) What is the most bothering aspect of strabismus to you? (E) What would you like to tell to the doctors or medical policy makers regarding strabismus surgery? (Patients more than 15 years old).

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