Abstract

PurposeTo quantify the results of shared decision making in pediatric strabismus surgery from the parent perspective using the nine-item Shared Decision Making (SDM) Questionnaire and the associations of SDM score with parental education level; secondarily, to evaluate postoperative parental satisfaction as a function of child age, parental education level, SDM scores, and motor outcomes. MethodsConsecutive parents of children 2-14 years of age with concomitant manifest strabismus that consented to strabismus surgery were surveyed using the SDM Questionnaire. A four-point Likert scale was used to gauge the level of postoperative satisfaction (POS). Potential predictors were estimated in multivariate regression analysis, with results adjusted for education level, children’s age, and motor outcomes. ResultsA total of 100 parents (86 women) completed the survey and were included. Significant differences for SDM score were found between individuals with university-level versus the other three educational levels (P < 0.001 for primary and secondary levels; P = 0.017 for college or lyceum level). Categorical regression analysis showed that POS level was inversely correlated with education level and positively correlated with SDM score. Children’s age at time of surgery and postoperative motor outcome were not significantly associated with POS. ConclusionsIn our study cohort, SDM score was correlated with educational level. Satisfaction was greater among responders with higher SDM scores, indicating that SDM may help improve parent-reported satisfaction with treatment results.

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