Effect and nursing measurement of diplopiaon on the quality of life after strabismus surgery in children

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of diplopia on the quality of life and to explore appropriate methods of nursing care after strabismus surgery in children. Methods It was a retrospective study.The study involved 150 children patients who underwent strabismus surgery from 2011 and 2015 in Department of Ophthalmology, the Third Hospital of Mianyang. Using telephone follow-up to evaluate the effect of diplopia on daily life, the SPSS 22.0 statistical software was utilized for data analysis. Results In 150 diplopiaon children after strabismus surgery, the length of diplopiaon lasted 3 to 30 days with the average time (11.4±2.51)d. The physical activities accounted for 50.0%, in which attention occupied 38.7%, study 25.3%, emotion 18.0% and housework performance 16.7%, and it did not affected sleep quality. Multiple liner regression analysis showed that the quality of life had negative correlation with length of diplopiaon, and had nothing relationship with gender and ages. Conclusions Postoperative diplopia obviously affected the quality of life of partial children patients, so nursing staff should provide psychology nursing, health education, safety management, safety instruction after management and postoperative follow-up. Key words: Children; Nursing; Strabismus surgery; Diplopia; Quality of life