Health-related quality of life in children with untreated intermittent exotropia and their parents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores improved or worsened over 3 years of observation in childhood intermittent exotropia without treatment.

Methods

A total of 111 children aged 3-11 years with intermittent exotropia were assigned to observation in a previously reported randomized trial comparing patching with observation. The intermittent exotropia questionnaire (IXTQ) was administered at baseline, 6 months, and 36 months. Rasch-calibrated IXTQ domain scores (Child, Proxy, Parent-psychosocial, Parent-function, and Parent-surgery) were compared between time points. The Child IXTQ was administered only to children ≥5 years of age (n = 78).

Results

Overall, Child IXTQ and Proxy IXTQ scores showed no significant change over 36 months

SUBMITTER: Holmes JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628477 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature