A Schmidt-Bacher1, C Richter, G Kolling. 1. Universitäts-Augenklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland. Annette.SchmidtBacher@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Abstract
PURPOSE: To test the visual-function-related quality of life in patients with diplopia, we designed a new questionnaire: the Heidelberg diplopia questionnaire. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a prospective study, 51 patients with different ocular motility diseases (congenital and acquired) were asked about their everyday life impairment. The questionnaire encompasses the following subscales: duration of diplopia, spatial perception, motion in space, driving difficulties, difficulties at work, near vision, social function, and subjective complaints. RESULTS: The median composite questionnaire score correlated well with the patients' subjective complaints (Spearman's rho 0.70, p=0.000001) and their driving difficulties. There was a weak correlation with the clinical assessment of diplopia in the field of binocular vision based on the suggestions of Haase and Steinhorst and of Kolling. CONCLUSION: The Heidelberg diplopia questionnaire records patients' subjective complaints concerning diplopia. This study serves as the starting point for further studies in this field.
PURPOSE: To test the visual-function-related quality of life in patients with diplopia, we designed a new questionnaire: the Heidelberg diplopia questionnaire. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a prospective study, 51 patients with different ocular motility diseases (congenital and acquired) were asked about their everyday life impairment. The questionnaire encompasses the following subscales: duration of diplopia, spatial perception, motion in space, driving difficulties, difficulties at work, near vision, social function, and subjective complaints. RESULTS: The median composite questionnaire score correlated well with the patients' subjective complaints (Spearman's rho 0.70, p=0.000001) and their driving difficulties. There was a weak correlation with the clinical assessment of diplopia in the field of binocular vision based on the suggestions of Haase and Steinhorst and of Kolling. CONCLUSION: The Heidelberg diplopia questionnaire records patients' subjective complaints concerning diplopia. This study serves as the starting point for further studies in this field.
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