AIM:To evaluate the effect of lens surgery on health-related quality of life(HRQoL)of preschool children with congenital ectopia lentis(CEL).METHODS:A prospective self-controlled study was conducted in Zhongshan Ophth...AIM:To evaluate the effect of lens surgery on health-related quality of life(HRQoL)of preschool children with congenital ectopia lentis(CEL).METHODS:A prospective self-controlled study was conducted in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center.Children aged from 5 to 7y whom were diagnosed with CEL and underwent phacoemulsification with scleral-fixated posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation and their parents were enrolled in this study.All of them completed the child and proxy(parental)PedsQL™4.0 before and after the surgery.Their preoperative scores were compared to their postoperative ones.Subgroup analyses were performed based on gender and preoperative bilateral presenting visual acuity of the children.RESULTS:Thirty-two children with CEL successfully underwent surgery without any complications,among whom 8 had monocular surgery and 24 had binocular surgery.Preoperative and postoperative questionnaires were completed by 32 child-parent pairs.Surgical intervention could significantly improve the vision of affected children(P<0.001).The medians of physical,psychosocial and total health scores self-reported by the children were 68.75(62.50,81.25),65.00(60.00,80.00)and 67.39(60.87,78.26)preoperatively and were 93.75(87.50,100.00),90.00(83.33,96.67)and 89.13(85.32,95.65)postoperatively.The preoperative scores of the affected children were significantly lower in all scales than age-matched healthy children(P<0.001).All the postoperative scores were significantly higher than the preoperative scores in affected children and their parents(P<0.001).In the physical functioning evaluation,the preoperative score reported by parents of girls was higher than parents of boys(P=0.041),and the postoperative score of girls was higher than that of boys(P=0.036).CONCLUSION:CEL is associated with significantly worse quality of life in preschool children.Surgical intervention can significantly improve the HRQoL in affected children from both personal and family perspective.展开更多
AIM:To assess the inter-device consistency of corneal curvature and central corneal thickness between Pentacam and a swept-source Fourier-domain anterior segment optical coherence tomography(AS-OCT)in ectopia lentis p...AIM:To assess the inter-device consistency of corneal curvature and central corneal thickness between Pentacam and a swept-source Fourier-domain anterior segment optical coherence tomography(AS-OCT)in ectopia lentis patients.METHODS:Totally 72 eyes of ectopia lentis patients were recruited.Central corneal thickness(CCT),corneal curvature values and corneal astigmatism were obtained from both the Pentacam and AS-OCT(CASIA2).Repeatability was evaluated for both devices.The coef ficient of repeatability(COR)and the relative COR was calculated.Bland-Altman plots were conducted to evaluate the interdevice agreement of measurement.Orthogonal linear regression was used to examine any proportional bias.RESULTS:The mean difference of CCT,steep anterior corneal cur vature(anterior K_S),flat anterior corneal curvature(anterior K_f),anterior corneal astigmatism(ACA),steep posterior corneal cur vature(posterior K_S),flat posterior corneal cur vature(posterior K_f),posterior corneal astigmatism(PCA),steep true net power(TNP K_S),flat true net power(TNP K_f)and total corneal astigmatism(TCA)between Pentacam and CASIA2 were 7.03±9.70μm,-0.19±0.41 D,-0.27±0.35 D,0.04±0.47 D,-0.17±0.23 D,-0.11±0.11 D,-0.02±1.02 D-0.41±0.43 D,-0.52±0.46 D,and-0.15±0.96 D,respectively.For measurement of TNP K_f with the Pentacam and CASIA2,a mean difference of 0.52 D and COR of 0.90 with P=0.02 was detected.There was no significant difference in CCT(P=0.393),anterior K_f(P=0.107),anteriorKs(P=0.414),ACA(P=0.131),posterior K_f(P=0.286),posterior Ks(P=0.418),PCA(P=0.105),TNP Ks(P=0.054),and TCA(P=0.977)between Pentacam and CASIA2.CONCLUSION:Our study reveals good agreement of CCT,corneal curvature and corneal astigmatism measured by CASIA2 and Pentacam in ectopia lentis patients.However,there was significant difference for CCT and corneal curvature values obtained by the two devices.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81873673)the Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.2021A1515011673).
文摘AIM:To evaluate the effect of lens surgery on health-related quality of life(HRQoL)of preschool children with congenital ectopia lentis(CEL).METHODS:A prospective self-controlled study was conducted in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center.Children aged from 5 to 7y whom were diagnosed with CEL and underwent phacoemulsification with scleral-fixated posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation and their parents were enrolled in this study.All of them completed the child and proxy(parental)PedsQL™4.0 before and after the surgery.Their preoperative scores were compared to their postoperative ones.Subgroup analyses were performed based on gender and preoperative bilateral presenting visual acuity of the children.RESULTS:Thirty-two children with CEL successfully underwent surgery without any complications,among whom 8 had monocular surgery and 24 had binocular surgery.Preoperative and postoperative questionnaires were completed by 32 child-parent pairs.Surgical intervention could significantly improve the vision of affected children(P<0.001).The medians of physical,psychosocial and total health scores self-reported by the children were 68.75(62.50,81.25),65.00(60.00,80.00)and 67.39(60.87,78.26)preoperatively and were 93.75(87.50,100.00),90.00(83.33,96.67)and 89.13(85.32,95.65)postoperatively.The preoperative scores of the affected children were significantly lower in all scales than age-matched healthy children(P<0.001).All the postoperative scores were significantly higher than the preoperative scores in affected children and their parents(P<0.001).In the physical functioning evaluation,the preoperative score reported by parents of girls was higher than parents of boys(P=0.041),and the postoperative score of girls was higher than that of boys(P=0.036).CONCLUSION:CEL is associated with significantly worse quality of life in preschool children.Surgical intervention can significantly improve the HRQoL in affected children from both personal and family perspective.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81873673,No.81900841)the Fundamental Research Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology(No.30306020240020212)the Young Teachers Training Program of Sun Yat-sen University(No.20ykpy143)。
文摘AIM:To assess the inter-device consistency of corneal curvature and central corneal thickness between Pentacam and a swept-source Fourier-domain anterior segment optical coherence tomography(AS-OCT)in ectopia lentis patients.METHODS:Totally 72 eyes of ectopia lentis patients were recruited.Central corneal thickness(CCT),corneal curvature values and corneal astigmatism were obtained from both the Pentacam and AS-OCT(CASIA2).Repeatability was evaluated for both devices.The coef ficient of repeatability(COR)and the relative COR was calculated.Bland-Altman plots were conducted to evaluate the interdevice agreement of measurement.Orthogonal linear regression was used to examine any proportional bias.RESULTS:The mean difference of CCT,steep anterior corneal cur vature(anterior K_S),flat anterior corneal curvature(anterior K_f),anterior corneal astigmatism(ACA),steep posterior corneal cur vature(posterior K_S),flat posterior corneal cur vature(posterior K_f),posterior corneal astigmatism(PCA),steep true net power(TNP K_S),flat true net power(TNP K_f)and total corneal astigmatism(TCA)between Pentacam and CASIA2 were 7.03±9.70μm,-0.19±0.41 D,-0.27±0.35 D,0.04±0.47 D,-0.17±0.23 D,-0.11±0.11 D,-0.02±1.02 D-0.41±0.43 D,-0.52±0.46 D,and-0.15±0.96 D,respectively.For measurement of TNP K_f with the Pentacam and CASIA2,a mean difference of 0.52 D and COR of 0.90 with P=0.02 was detected.There was no significant difference in CCT(P=0.393),anterior K_f(P=0.107),anteriorKs(P=0.414),ACA(P=0.131),posterior K_f(P=0.286),posterior Ks(P=0.418),PCA(P=0.105),TNP Ks(P=0.054),and TCA(P=0.977)between Pentacam and CASIA2.CONCLUSION:Our study reveals good agreement of CCT,corneal curvature and corneal astigmatism measured by CASIA2 and Pentacam in ectopia lentis patients.However,there was significant difference for CCT and corneal curvature values obtained by the two devices.
