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Long-Term Quality of Life in Adult Patients with Strabismus after Corrective Surgery Compared to the General Population

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  • Meiping Xu
  • Huanyun Yu
  • Yuanyuan Chen
  • Jinling Xu
  • Jingwei Zheng
  • Xinping Yu

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Purpose: To evaluate the status of and factors associated with long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adult patients with strabismus following corrective surgery. Methods: Prospective cross-sectional study. A total of 122 adults who underwent corrective surgery and were followed up for at least 1 year were recruited. Pre- and post-operative HRQOL were evaluated using the Chinese version of the Adult Strabismus 20 (AS-20). Demographics and clinical characteristics were recorded. Eighty-nine age-matched, normal individuals without a history of strabismus were recruited as a control group. Results: AS-20 scores improved significantly in the psychosocial subscale and total scale after surgery for all122 patients, but not in the function subscale. HRQOL was better in the successful cases than in the non-successful cases (p

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  • Meiping Xu & Huanyun Yu & Yuanyuan Chen & Jinling Xu & Jingwei Zheng & Xinping Yu, 2016. "Long-Term Quality of Life in Adult Patients with Strabismus after Corrective Surgery Compared to the General Population," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(11), pages 1-12, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0166418
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166418
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