Introduction: Strabismus is a condition that impacts a variety of functional and psychosocial domains. At this time, improvement of the patient’s quality of life is one of the major areas of interest in the management of strabismus, yet, the effect of surgical intervention on quality of life is unclear, especially in pediatric populations. The aim of this study is to evaluate changes in the perception of quality of lifeusing the KIDSCREEN-52 instrumentin a pediatric population before and after surgical correction of strabismus.

Methods: A prospective descriptive study was conducted in a sample of 8 to 17-year-old children and adolescents whose perception of quality of life was evaluated using the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered prior to and three months after surgical correction and administered in two specialized institutions in Bogota, Colombia.

Results: 27 subjects were included, 59.3% (n=16) were male with a meanage of 11.5 years. The cause of strabismus was identified as Congenital strabismus in 66.7% (n=18), bilateral strabismus in 59.3% (n=16), while Esotropia was the most commontype (55.6%)..

The quality of life measure using KIDSCREEN-52 resulted a statistically significant positive impact in all its dimensions, exceptin the FinancialResources dimension.

Conclusion: Subjects who underwent surgical intervention perceived improvement in almost all areas of quality of life. These results highlight the importance of early surgical intervention with an added opportunity to improve the patient’s mental health, secondary to surgical correction of strabismus.

Keywords: Strabismus, KIDSCREEN-52, Quality of life, Ophthalmologic surgery, Eye surgery