Improvement in patients' quality-of-life following strabismus surgery: evaluation of postoperative outcomes using the Adult Strabismus 20 (AS-20) score

Does strabismus surgery improve quality and mood, and what factors influence this?

“…In line with previous research 17,18 strabismus surgery led to significant improvements in psychosocial and functional quality of life from preoperative assessment through to 3 months post surgery. No further improvements in quality of life were found at the 6 month follow-up, supporting previous research.…”

We need to pay heed to the psychosocial aspects of strabismus

“…11 It was found that in all cases a significant improvement in the AS20 quality of life scores following strabismus surgery. The larger the change in deviation achieved, the greater the improvement in AS20.…”

Development of a Persian Version of the Adult Strabismus Questionnaire and Evaluating the Effect of Strabismus Surgery on Health-Related Quality of Life

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In some studies on the AS-20 that were done in Western societies, the median age of the patients was about twice our patients' median age. 1,4,9 This finding may reflect that strabismus cases in our country want surgical correction at a lower age.…”

“…4 Our study was one of the few studies that evaluated postoperative changes in the scores of the AS-20. [9][10][11][12] In 2010, Hatt and colleagues evaluated the responsiveness of the AS-20 (the ability of the test to assess HRQOL changes over time or after treatment). 9 They found that the AS-20 was responsive to the changes in ocular deviations, demonstrating higher postoperative score improvements in successfully aligned patients.…”

“…In addition, most studies on the AS-20 assessed preoperative cases, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] and only few of them evaluated postsurgical HRQOL in the patients with strabismus. [9][10][11][12] In this study, we developed a Persian version of the AS-20 and used the new questionnaire to evaluate the effect of strabismus surgery on HRQOL.…”