Effect of Diplopia on Daily Life and Evaluation of Nursing Measures Following Strabismus Surgery.

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of diplopia on the daily life of patients after strabismus surgery and to explore appropriate nursing care measures.

METHODS

A total of 200 patients who developed postoperative diplopia underwent telephone follow-up to evaluate the influence of diplopia on their daily lives. SPSS 19.0 statistical software was utilized for data analysis.

RESULTS

Postoperative diplopia affected patients' physical activity (49%), attention (39.2%), work and study (24.5%), emotions (19.5% ), and housework performance (17% ), whereas it did not influence the quality of sleep. Potential risk factors associated with diplopia, such as duration of diplopia, gender, and age, were analyzed by uni- and multivariate regression analysis. Quality of life was significantly and negatively correlated with the duration of diplopia, but not correlated with gender or age.

CONCLUSION

Postoperative diplopia affects the quality of life in partial patients. The nursing staff should provide nursing care, health education, and explicit instructions to the patients after discharge. In addition, nursing care should be sustained by subsequent telephone follow-up.