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Quality of Life after Strabismus Surgery.

Su Ah Kim, +1 more
- 01 Sep 2013 - 
- Vol. 54, Iss: 9, pp 1407-1415
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This article is published in Journal of The Korean Ophthalmological Society.The article was published on 2013-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Strabismus surgery & Quality of life (healthcare).

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Degree of Psychiatric Body Dysmorphic Concern in Strabismus Patients

TL;DR: The results show that strabismus patients have relatively high rates of psychiatric dysmorphic concern.
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Clinical Features of Patients over the Age of 60 Years Who Have Undergone Strabismus Surgery

TL;DR: Strabismus in patients aged 60 years and over is an effective and safe way to improve diplopia and cosmetic status by restoring ocular alignment.
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Psychosocial aspects of strabismus study.

TL;DR: Psychosocial difficulties relating to socially noticeable strabismus are not just a problem for school-children but also for teenagers and adults, and Correction of strabs in the older teenager or adult may offer them improvement in psychosocial functioning.
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Study of the Psychosocial Aspects of Strabismus

TL;DR: These patients had difficulties with self-image and interpersonal relationships, faced ridicule at school and work, and generally avoided activities that brought attention to their defect and substantial changes were noticed in them after corrective surgery.
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The psychosocial benefits of corrective surgery for adults with strabismus

TL;DR: Surgery resulted in significant improvements in psychosocial adjustment with improvements on all study variables for the participant group as a whole, and the non-diplopic group made more significant gains than the diplopic groups.
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Strabismus surgery for adults: A report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology

TL;DR: Despite the paucity of level I evidence from randomized controlled trials, the existing literature suggests that surgical treatment of adults with strabismus is safe and effective in improving ocular alignment, based largely on level III evidence.
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Development of a Quality-of-Life Questionnaire for Adults with Strabismus

TL;DR: A 20-item questionnaire for adults with strabismus was developed by as mentioned in this paper, with subscales to assess psychosocial and function concerns, and a 5-point Likert-type scale was used for responses (never = 100, rarely=75, sometimes=50, often=25, and always=0).