Incidence of Strabismus and Amblyopia Among Children Initially Diagnosed With Pseudostrabismus Using the Optum Data Set.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the frequency of strabismus among children initially diagnosed with pseudostrabismus using big data.

Design

Population-based retrospective cohort study.

Methods

Setting: Population-based retrospective cohort study using claims data. StudyPopulation: 17,885 children diagnosed with pseudostrabismus at age ≤3 years who were later diagnosed with strabismus using the Optum deidentified Clinformatics Data Mart Database (2003-2016). We excluded patients diagnosed with strabismus before the diagnosis of pseudostrabismus or diagnosed simultaneously with strabismus and pseudostrabismus.

Observations

We assessed age, refractive error, and presence of amblyopia. Patients with pseudostrabismus were compared to a group of patients from the Optum data set

SUBMITTER: Ryu WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7073278 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature