Motility of the Ocular Prosthesis in Anophthalmic Patients: Objective and Patient-perceived Findings.
Orbit 2022:1-6. [PMID:
35924421 DOI:
10.1080/01676830.2022.2107687]
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Abstract
AIM
To study the impact of the prosthesis motility on the Quality of Life (QoL) in anophthalmic patients.
METHODS
Cross-sectional, observational study of 100 anophthalmic patients, of whom 64% had an acryl implant, 6% an Allen implant, 1% a hydroxyapatite implant, 4% a dermis fat graft, 16% no implant, and 9% an unknown implant. We quantitatively assessed the motility of the prosthesis with Kestenbaum glasses and the QoL with a validated questionnaire covering five domains: General functional abilities and care, wearing comfort, physical appearance, psychological and social functioning. Associations between measured prosthetic eye motility, patient-perceived motility, and satisfaction were made.
RESULTS
Motility of the prosthesis was impaired with an average loss of 76%, and correlated with Cosmetic satisfaction (adduction P = .02, abduction P = .008, elevation P = .04) and Social satisfaction (adduction P = .03, abduction P = .003). The patient-perceived motility of the prosthesis correlated with General functioning abilities (horizontal P = .0004, vertical P = .0004), Comfort (horizontal P = .001, vertical P = .003), Cosmetic satisfaction (horizontal P = .0002, vertical P = .0002), Psychological satisfaction (horizontal P = .001, vertical P = .001), and Social satisfaction (horizontal P = .002, vertical P = .003).
CONCLUSIONS
Ocular prosthetic motility has a significant impact on patient-perceived satisfaction and physical appearance, and predicts coping with the prosthetic condition on the psychosocial level. This highlights the need of introducing patient-reported outcome measures in the prosthetic rehabilitation of the anophthalmic patient.
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