School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Orthoptic Department, Ophthalmology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Eye (Lond). 2024 Oct;38(15):2926-2931. doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03189-9. Epub 2024 Jun 21.
Strabismus surgery undertaken for psychosocial reasons aims to align the eyes in a straighter position, reduce the psychosocial symptoms experienced and improve health related quality of life (HRQoL). Greater evidence of the postoperative outcomes in adults undergoing strabismus surgery for psychosocial reasons is required to inform funding and commissioning decisions about strabismus surgery.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with adults who had previously undergone strabismus surgery for psychosocial reasons to explore their perceptions of their postoperative outcomes. Maximum variation sampling was used to recruit males and females, younger and older participants. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis following the principles of grounded theory.
Thirteen adults were recruited and interviewed, mean 12.2 months postoperatively (range 4.5-20 months). Participants reported a range of improvements in vision, task performance, physical symptoms and confidence and emotions. Some worsening of physical symptoms was reported.
Despite undergoing strabismus surgery for psychosocial reasons, a range of improvements in vision, task performance and physical symptoms were reported by adult patients postoperatively, in addition to the expected improvements in confidence and emotions.
出于社会心理原因而进行的斜视手术旨在使眼睛处于更直的位置，减少所经历的社会心理症状，并改善健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）。需要更多关于成人斜视手术的术后结果的证据，以便为斜视手术的资金和委托决策提供信息。
对先前因社会心理原因而接受斜视手术的成年人进行了半结构化访谈，以探讨他们对术后结果的看法。采用最大变异抽样法招募男性和女性、年轻和年长的参与者。根据扎根理论的原则，对访谈进行了转录和主题分析。
共招募了 13 名成年人进行访谈，术后平均 12.2 个月（4.5-20 个月）。参与者报告视力、任务表现、身体症状和信心与情绪方面有多种改善，但也有一些身体症状恶化的报告。
尽管成年人出于社会心理原因而接受斜视手术，但术后除了预期的信心和情绪改善外，还报告了视力、任务表现和身体症状的多种改善。
