DR.JANANI MURALIKRISHNAN

DR.FREDRICK MOUTTAPA, DR. VEENA KANNVSAMY

Abstract

Socially noticeable strabismus often has a negative influence on the psychosocial and personality development and well-being of young patients. 45 Patients were included in our study aged between 15 and 40 years and with deviation of more than 15 prism diopter. The Adult strabismus (AS-20) questionnaire was used to assess the psychosocial and functional scores. All subjects underwent detailed orthoptic evaluation pre-operatively and at 3 month post operative period. The mean baseline and post-operative AS-20 scores were 48.39 and 65.56 respectively (P<0.001). There was significant improvement in both psychosocial and functional scores (P<0.001). The greater the reduction in the strabismic deviation, greater was the improvement in quality of life. Our study provides evidence that even in the absence of symptomatic diplopia, adult patients who suffer from strabismus are able to achieve significant improvements in both functional and psychosocial quality of life with strabismus surgery.