Evaluating the burden of amblyopia treatment from the parent and child’s perspective

Purpose To evaluate the psychometric properties of the original Parent and new Child Amblyopia Treatment Index (ATI), questionnaires that assess the burden of amblyopia treatment in children and families, and to compare scores between children treated with atropine or patching. Methods Parent ATI and Child ATI were administered to 233 children 7 to Results We analyzed the 3 subscales found in prior Parent ATI studies in younger children and confirmed subscales for adverse effects and treatment compliance, but not for social stigma, in both parent and child versions. Overall and subscale scores on the Parent ATI and Child ATI were moderately to well correlated except for the social stigma subscale. For both the Parent ATI and the Child ATI, children treated with atropine had better scores than those treated with patching, both overall and on treatment compliance and social stigma subscales (all p values ≤ 0.01). Conclusions When used for children 7 to