Jeffrey G Snodgrass, H J François Dengah, Seth I Sagstetter, Katya Xinyi Zhao
Causal inference in ethnographic research: Refining explanations with abductive logic, strength of evidence assessments, and graphical models
PloS one
parents may concerned adverse outcomes occlusion therapy children treated unilateral congenital cataract ucc determine whether occlusion therapy children treated ucc poor visual outcomes negatively associated poorer child andor family functioning cohort study conducted 2023 using data collected 2006 2016 infant aphakia treatment study iats iats participants visual acuity va 20200 worse included statistical analysis performed july 2022 october 2023 caregivers reported mean daily minutes patching 12 months prior va assessment 45 years age patching categorized minimal 15 minutes per day moderate 15 120 minutes per day extensive 120 minutes per day 425 105 years age caregivers reported stress associated parenting role using parenting stress index ocular treatment index child behavior problems using achenbach child behavior checklist motor skills assessed age 54 months using movement assessment battery childrensecond edition children completed harter selfperception profile children age 105 years oneway analysis variance 2 tests used compare outcomes amount patching patching data available 47 53 children 887 va 20200 worse among 47 children patching data included study 20 425 female 27 575 male 12 255 reported patched fewer 15 minutes per day 11 234 patched 16 119 minutes per day 24 511 patched least 120 minutes per day parenting stress child behavior problems motor functioning child selfperception similar groups example adjusting gender insurance status nonsignificant difference mean stress scores 110 95 ci 45 265 points parents reported minimal patching vs parents reported patching least 120 minutes per day significant difference childrens report global selfworth 00 95 ci 04 03 points occlusion therapy negatively associated family child functioning although sample size limited results support changes current practice guidelines