Health-related quality of life and anxiety associated with childhood intermittent exotropia before and after surgical correction

Table 6 Multivariate linear regression of surgical outcomes and post-operative IXTQ

Examination of IXT		Child score	Proxy score	Function subscale	Psychological subscale	Surgery subscale
		74.83 ± 16.59	68.57 ± 17.06	60.03 ± 44.60	53.65 ± 24.32	37.16 ± 21.43
Deviation	Near	P = 0.912	P = 0.215	P = 0.036*	P = 0.012*	P = 0.360
	Near	β = 0.036	β = −0.415	β = −0.865	β = −1.000	β = −0.353
	Distance	P = 0.039*	P = 0.707	P = 0.406	P = 0.135	P = 0.051
	Distance	β = −0.599	β = − 0.129	β = − 0.302	β = 0.608	β = − 0.770
Sensory fusion		P = 0.473	P = 0.789	P = 0.701	P = 0.529	P = 0.057
Sensory fusion		β = −0.580	β = − 0.221	β = 0.391	β = − 0.618	β = 2.104
Stereoacuity	Near	P = 0.542	P = 0.606	P = 0.265	P = 0.746	P = 0.853
	Near	β = −0.800	β = − 0.691	β = 1.841	β = 0.516	β = 0.331
	Distance	P = 0.878	P = 0.594	P = 0.508	P = 0.065	P = 0.731
	Distance	β = −0.278	β = 0.986	β = −1.509	β = −4.062	β = 0.205
Near control score		P = 0.835	P = 0.119	P = 0.144	P = 0.632	P = 0.621
Near control score		β = −0.091	β = 0.700	β = 0.807	β = −0.165	β = −0.173

Children’ IXTQ scores were related to the angle of deviation at distance. Psychological and visual function scores were negatively related to the angle of deviation at near. No statistically significant correlations were obtained between parental IXTQ scores and any of the clinical features

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