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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2012 Apr 26;119(9):1930–1936. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.02.035

Table 1.

Criteria used to classify postoperative outcomes 6-weeks following strabismus surgery.

Success (All criteria must be met) Partial success (All criteria must be met) Failure (If any one criterion met)
Motor criteria
Angle of deviation by SPCT* distance < 10 prism diopters ≤ 15 prism diopters > 15 prism diopters
Angle of deviation by SPCT near < 10 prism diopters ≤ 15 prism diopters > 15 prism diopters
Diplopia criteria
Diplopia / visual confusion primary position distance None or “rare” None, “rare” or “sometimes” “Always” or “often”
Diplopia / visual confusion reading None or “rare” None, “rare” or “sometimes” “Always” or “often”
Prism Not allowed Allowed Not applicable
Bangerter foil / occlusion Not allowed Not allowed Allowed
Health-related quality of life criteria
Psychosocial and function AS-20** scales Exceeds 95% LOA on either psychosocial or function scale Exceeds 50% LOA on either psychosocial or function scale Does not exceed 50% LOA on both psychosocial and function scales
*

SPCT = Simultaneous Prism and Cover Test

**

AS-20 = Adult Strabismus-20 health-related quality of life questionnaire

LOA = Limits of agreement.

95% limits of agreement are: 17.7 points for the psychosocial scale and 19.5 points for the function scale.

50% limits of agreement are: 6.1 points for the psychosocial scale and 6.7 points for the function scale.