Quality of life and cost-utility assessment after strabismus surgery in adults

Fujiike, Keiko; Mizuno, Yoshinobu; Hiratsuka, Yoshimune; Yamada, Masakazu

doi:10.1007/s10384-011-0022-6

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“…Indeed, strabismus surgery has been demonstrated to result in substantial improvements to visual function, physical and psychological quality of life, patient self-evaluation of appearance, psycho-social interactions, self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. 17–20 Patients with noticeable strabismus, in addition to poor self-esteem, suffer social and professional consequences. 9,21,22 While some forms of intermittent exotropia can be managed without surgery, surgery is indicated in others for the preservation of binocular vision and cosmesis.…”

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Surgical Correction of Childhood Intermittent Exotropia and the Risk of Developing Mental Illness

Kilgore

Barraza

Hodge

et al. 2014

American Journal of Ophthalmology

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Purpose To assess whether successful surgical intervention for intermittent exotropia, or the timing of intervention, has any effect on the development of mental illness. Design Retrospective observational case series Methods All patients (< 19 years) diagnosed with intermittent exotropia in Olmsted County, Minnesota, from January 1, 1975, through December 31, 1994, were retrospectively reviewed. Potential cases were identified using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, a medical records database designed to capture data on any patient-physician encounter in Olmsted County, Minnesota. The main outcome measures were the occurrence and severity of mental illness among those who underwent strabismus surgery compared to those who did not. Results Ninety-six (52%) of the 184 children identified were diagnosed with a mental illness at a mean age of 23.3 years (range 6 to 41 years). Thirty-five (36%) of the 96 children who developed mental illness underwent strabismus surgery. Success at surgery (< 10 prism diopters) was not associated with a decreased occurrence of mental illness (p=0.30). Of the 88 patients who did not develop mental illness, strabismus surgery was not more commonly performed (p=0.54) nor was it performed at a younger age (p=1.0), when compared to the 96 patients who later developed mental illness. Conclusions Strabismus surgery for children with intermittent exotropia, regardless of success or age at surgery, did not alter the development of mental illness by early adulthood.

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Surgical Correction of Childhood Intermittent Exotropia and the Risk of Developing Mental Illness

Kilgore

Barraza

Hodge

et al. 2014

American Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…The advent of strabismus-specific HRQOL questionnaires enables patients to report the impact of strabismus and strabismus surgery on their quality of life 13 14. They especially provided the awareness of remarkable psychosocial benefits and cost-effectiveness of adult strabismus surgery 7 8 11 12 22. For the functional aspect of adult strabismus surgery, the specific effect of diplopia on the quality of life was evaluated using these new instruments but the restoration of binocular vision in long-term strabismic cases without diplopia was not studied before 9 18 23.…”

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Does restoration of binocular vision make any difference in the quality of life in adult strabismus

Koç¹,

Erten

Sefi-Yurdakul

2013

Br J Ophthalmol

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“…Significant improvements from pre-to postsurgery were found in the physical and psychological QoL domains, but not for social or environmental concerns. Fujiike et al 15 analyzed the cost-utility of strabismus surgery by balancing the financial costs with the gain in QoL. Expressing QoL in this manner allows for comparison with other ophthalmologic conditions.…”

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The impact of strabismus on quality of life in adults with and without diplopia: a systematic review

McBain¹,

Au²,

Hancox³

et al. 2014

Survey of Ophthalmology

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Quality of life and cost-utility assessment after strabismus surgery in adults

Abstract: By using standard tools to assess vision-associated and general health status, we confirmed the psychosocial benefits of corrective surgery for adults with strabismus. Our study concurrently demonstrated that strabismus surgery in adults is very cost-effective.

Cited by 18 publications

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Surgical Correction of Childhood Intermittent Exotropia and the Risk of Developing Mental Illness

Surgical Correction of Childhood Intermittent Exotropia and the Risk of Developing Mental Illness

Does restoration of binocular vision make any difference in the quality of life in adult strabismus

The impact of strabismus on quality of life in adults with and without diplopia: a systematic review

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