Degree of Psychiatric Body Dysmorphic Concern in Strabismus Patients.

Lim, Ji Won; Palk, Hae Jung; Lee, Ju Yeon

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2006;47(11):1791-1797.
Published online November 30, 2006.

Degree of Psychiatric Body Dysmorphic Concern in Strabismus Patients.

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. ljy690725@hanmail.net
²Department of Ophthalmology, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.

사시환자에서의 신체이미지 불만족도에 대한 연구

임지원¹,백혜정²,이주연¹

Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital¹, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Department of Ophthalmology, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Gil Medical Center², Incheon, Korea

Correspondence: Ji Won Lim, M.D.¹

Abstract

PURPOSE
To compare the psychiatric body dysmorphic concern of strabismus patients over 10 years old with a control group. METHODS: Fifty strabismus patients over 10 years-old and fifty non-strabismic control patients over 10 years-old were asked to answer a questionnaire of the body dysmorphic disorder examination-self report. RESULTS: Total score and scores of the distressing factor, the self consciousness factor, the avoidance factor and the comparison factor were statistically higher than those of control group. Strabismus patients were 3.52 times more likely to meet the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Comparison between constant strabismus patients and intermittent strabismus patients didn't show statistically significant differences, that is, intermittent strabismus patients also had equal degree of dysmorphic concern. CONCLUSIONS: This results show that strabismus patients have relatively high rates of psychiatric dysmorphic concern.

Key Words: Body dysmorphic disorder;Strabismus patient;Pschiatric concern