Mihir Kothari|Suwarna Balankhe|Rinkle Gawade|Svetlana Toshnival
Comparison of psychosocial and emotional consequences of childhood strabismus on the families from rural and urban India
Jyotirmay Eye Clinic|Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital|Jyotirmay Eye Clinic|Jyotirmay Eye Clinic|Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital
purpose compare psychosocial consequences horizontal comitant strabismus children families urban rural india materials methods cohort study eightquestion qualityoflife instrument administered trained staff guardians strabismic children rural urban areas live interview results study included 93 strabismicchildren aged 416 years 52 females fortyone esodeviation 52 exodeviation seventy per cent parents extremely distressed due squint 65 extremely distressed due peoples remarks 65 extremely worried 55 children extremely distressed due peoples remarks 57 children severely ostracized 38 severe difficulty communication 50 difficulty cope 64 parents advised corrective surgery difference families rural urban areas whether male child affected female child esodeviation exodeviation statistically significant questionnaire good internal consistency cronbachs alpha 071 conclusions significant negative psychosocial emotional impact childhood strabismus affected rural urban location family gender strabismic child type deviation qualityoflife instrument used part clinical examination strabismic children