Objective:To investigate the effects of a modified eye-patching technique, which combines the use of an eye shield on one eye and an eye patch on the other, on the quality of life and anxiety levels of strabismus patients during the recovery period after binocular correction surgery. Methods: A total of 80 patients who underwent bilateral strabismus correction as day surgery at our hospital between September and October 2024 were recruited for this study. Based on whether their admission week was odd or even, they were randomly assigned to two groups: the combined patching group (n=40) and the conventional patching group (n=40). In the combined patching group, patients wore a multiple-aperture plastic eye shield on the eye with fewer operated muscles or the dominant eye, while the other eye was covered with a conventional eye patch. In the conventional patching group, patients received bilateral eye patches. The primary outcome measure was vision-related quality of life on the first postoperative day. Secondary outcomes included the sleep quality score, pain score, conjunctival hyperemia and edema, incision appearance on the first postoperative day, and patient satisfaction one week after surgery. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in baseline characteristics, such as gender, age, preoperative strabismus status, or the number of operated muscles, between the two groups. Compared to the conventional patching group showed significantly better vision-related quality of life and sleep quality on the first postoperative day, as well as higher patient satisfaction one week after surgery (P< 0.05). On the first postoperative day, there were no significant differences between the two groups in pain level, conjunctival hyperemia, incision appearance, or degree of strabismus improvement (P > 0.05). Conclusions: The application of a modified eye-covering method, which combines an eye shield on one eye and an eye patch on the other, after bilateral strabismus correction surgery, can effectively enhance postoperative vision-related quality of life and sleep quality. Moreover, it can maintain recovery outcomes and increase patient satisfaction. This approach holds clinical value and is worthy of wider promotion.