The Impact of Rehabilitation on Quality of Life in Visually Impaired

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Blindness

In brief

The project has four primary objectives: 1) Determine if blind rehabilitation improves the quality of life of legally blind veterans; 2) Determine the relationship between quality of life and visual function; 3) Determine if factors, such as cognitive status, level of depression, age and the presence of additional medical conditions besides vision loss, intervention of blind rehabilitation extends beyond the visually impaired individual and improve the quality of life of their primary caregiver (e.g. spouse, partner, family member or friend.)

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00013403
Run by
US Department of Veterans Affairs
People needed
300
Starts
1999-04-01
Expected to finish
2002-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2015-06-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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