Improvement in health-related quality of life following strabismus surgery for children with intermittent exotropia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after strabismus surgery in children with intermittent exotropia (IXT) and relationships between HRQOL and surgical success.

Methods

A total of 197 children with IXT aged 3-11 years (and 1 parent of each child) were enrolled in a previously reported randomized clinical trial comparing two surgical procedures. The Intermittent Exotropia Questionnaire (IXTQ) was administered before surgery (baseline), and again at 6 and 36 months following surgery. The child version of the IXTQ was only completed by children 5-11 years of age (n = 123). Outcomes were classified as "resolved" (exodeviation of <10^Δ, no decreased stereoacuity, and no other nonsurgical treatment for IXT or reoperation), "suboptimal" (exotropi

SUBMITTER: Holmes JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8217343 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature