Project

Influence of glasses on detection of strabismus

Completed ยท 2009 until 2010

Type
Clinical Studies
Range
Monocentric project at KSSG
Units
Status
Completed
Start Date
2009
End Date
2010
Financing
Self Financed
Study Design
randomized study with block design
Keywords
strabismus, glasses, oculography, interview
Brief description/objective

Photographs of childern with different angles of squint are shown to non-medical subjects. On some photographs the children wear glasses, on others not. The threshold of detecting strabismus is determined by asking the subjects if they noted something and by measurement of the time of fixation on the eyes using infrared oculography. The hypothesis is that glasses distract and, therefore, may help to mask strabismus.