Barriers responsible for delay in surgical correction of strabismus: A study among adults undergoing strabismus surgery at a tertiary care center in Kerala

Sathyan, Sanitha; Jose, Jasmine

doi:10.4103/kjo.kjo_42_17

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“…Around 6% in a study conducted by Coats et al 16 said that they were told that surgery could worsen their condition. Sathyan et al, 15 in their study in 2017 observed that about 6% opined that they were not sure if surgery would help them and 12% did not take treatment due to fear of surgery. 12% of the people in the study conducted by Sathyan et al, 15 stated that they did not take treatment due to economic reasons.…”

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“…Sathyan et al, 15 in their study in 2017 observed that about 6% opined that they were not sure if surgery would help them and 12% did not take treatment due to fear of surgery. 12% of the people in the study conducted by Sathyan et al, 15 stated that they did not take treatment due to economic reasons. This despite the fact that most of these treatments are free of cost in a government setup.…”

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“…Analysing the responses to the barrier questionnaire, Sathyan et al, 15 in their study in 2017 reported that majority 32% of the people did not get treatment because of ignorance among them that it is a treatable condition. In another study by Coats et al 16 in 2005 stated that 11% patients did not know that it was a treatable condition and had never sought care.…”

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“…In another study by Coats et al 16 in 2005 stated that 11% patients did not know that it was a treatable condition and had never sought care. 4% people in a study conducted by Sathyan et al, 15 claimed that the primary care doctors did not advice treatment. Around 6% in a study conducted by Coats et al 16 said that they were told that surgery could worsen their condition.…”

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The attitude towards strabismus and barriers for its treatment in parents from rural and urban areas

Gupta¹,

Caculo²

2021

IJCEO

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It has been observed that children having strabismus who are being left untreated face a lot of psychosocial and functional difficulties in adulthood. In this study, an attitude and a barrier scale was structured and validated on the basis of the adult strabismus 20 questionnaire and a Barrier Scale. The attitude scale had two subscales-psychosocial subscale and functional subscale. A total of 1747 children; 828 from urban and 919 from rural areas, between the age group of 5 to 12 years were screened from urban and rural schools for strabismus. 36 children with strabismus were identified and studied on the basis of various parameters. None of these children had taken previous treatment for strabismus. The ratio of urban is to rural school children was 5:7 and the ratio between male and female was 7:5. 25 (69.4%) had exotropia, 11(30.6%) had esotropia among which 18(50%) had moderate degree of squint, 12(33.3%) had mild degree of squint. Mean Scores in the psychosocial subscale scale in Urban and rural areas were as 65.89±31.19 and 59.56±26.74 with p value 0.51. Mean Scores in Functional Subscale were as 77.63±32.58 and 66.67±31.66 with p value of 0.31. The most important barrier for treatment was the unawareness of the treatment of strabismus at the appropriate time. The attitude of parents towards strabismus was based on an amalgamation of multiple variables like age of the child, amount of squint, type of squint and also the gender of the child.

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The attitude towards strabismus and barriers for its treatment in parents from rural and urban areas

Gupta¹,

Caculo²

2021

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“…7,8 In one of the Indian study, they found that lack of awareness about the treatment availability as the main cause of delayed presentation. 9 Various studies are done to show the social difficulties, patients with strabismus face in their lifetime. 4,5,10,11 Our study showed that strabismus patients face difficulty in getting job (36%), finding partners in life (60%) that will lower their confidence and hence social and mental well being.…”

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Study of awareness, perception about strabismus and social impact of strabismus in adults attending tertiary care centre

Kota¹,

Kulkarni²

2020

IJOOO

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Strabismus is the common condition seen in children and adults in our society. Strabismus has variety of psychosocial impact that can affect the quality of life of the patients. Proper education and awareness regarding the condition can help to rule out the myths associated with strabismus and also building up the personality of the patients. This study was done to know the level of awareness, knowledge about the strabismus in our population and the social impact of strabismus in patients life. Material and Methods: Cross sectional study conducted on 196 patients with strabismus attending outpatient department of Minto Ophthalmic Hospital, regional institute of ophthalmology were included in the study. After taking informed consent, face to face interview conducted asking questions from structured questionnaire prepared. Data collected and analysed with descriptive statistics. Results: Out of 196 patients included in the patients, 128 were males and 68 females. About 9.6 % of patients, were unaware of the condition of strabismus, 56.3% were unaware that squint can cause visual disturbance, 63% were unaware of that strabismus can be treated, 37% of people felt like surgery is the only mode of treatment for strabismus. 60% of the study population expressed that they were rejected for being married due to strabismus because of cosmetic affect, 42.4% felt like squint can hinder the social leadership, 36 % had difficulty in getting job, 28% of the patients expressed being criticized by their friends that lowered their confidence, 75% of the patients felt that they look ugly because of strabismus. Conclusion: Strabismus apart from causing ocular problems, is associated with many psycho-social impact on life of patients. There is lack of awareness regarding the strabismus in our population. Attitude and perception of society towards patients with strabismus will affect the overall confidence, personality of the patients and hence affect quality of life. Hence awareness about the condition, treatment availability is necessary to build up the overall personality of the patients with strabismus, to have better life.

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Impact of Vision Impairment and Ocular Morbidity and Their Treatment on Depression and Anxiety in Children

Chan

Virgili

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Ophthalmology

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Barriers responsible for delay in surgical correction of strabismus: A study among adults undergoing strabismus surgery at a tertiary care center in Kerala

Cited by 7 publications

References 1 publication

The attitude towards strabismus and barriers for its treatment in parents from rural and urban areas

The attitude towards strabismus and barriers for its treatment in parents from rural and urban areas

Study of awareness, perception about strabismus and social impact of strabismus in adults attending tertiary care centre

Impact of Vision Impairment and Ocular Morbidity and Their Treatment on Depression and Anxiety in Children

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