Evalution Of Life Quality In Children With Intermittent Exotropia One Year After The Effective Surgical Treatment

ObjectiveTo investigate the changes of life quality in children with intermittent exotropia(IXT)and their parents 1 year after surgical treatment.MethodsRetrospective cohort study.The scores of Chinese Version of the Intermittent Exotropia Questionnaire(CIXTQ)and follow-up visits at 1 week preoperatively and3 months,12 months postoperatively were collected from 122 IXT children with successful eye positions 3 months postoperatively and their parents.The CIXTQ scores of children with different eye positions 1 year postoperatively,the impact of parent CIXTQ scores and 1-year postoperative eye positions on children‘s CIXTQ scores and parents‘ proxy CIXTQ scores,,were analyzed.Repeated measures anova was used to analyze.ResultsA total of 122 IXT children were collected in this study,there were 64 boys and58 girls,age(2-15)years,mean 6.66±3.04 year.The eye positions of 88(72.1%)children were successful 1 year postoperatively,and 33(27.9%)were undercorrection1 year postoperatively.The CIXTQ scores of children with different eye positions 1year postoperatively were significantly higher than that at 1 week preoperatively and at 3 months postoperatively,with statistical significance(Compared with 1 week preoperatively: all children group: t=22.44,P<0.001;successful group: t=22.13,P<0.001;undercorrection group: t=8.73,P<0.001.Compared with 3 months postoperatively: all children group: t=12.42,P<0.001;successful group: t=11.40,P<0.01;undercorrection group: t=5.49,P<0.001.)However,the parent‘ CIXTQ scores of children with recurrent strabismus showed no significant differences when compared to those at 3 months postoperatively(t=0.64,P=0.53).The CIXTQ scores of parents and eye positions 1 year postoperatively showed no impact on children‘s CIXTQ and parents‘ proxy CIXTQ scores(P>0.05).ConclusionThe orthodontic surgery can effectively improve the life quality of children with the IXT and their parents 1 year after surgical treatment,and there is no correlation between the life quality of children and their parents.