VA Low Vision Intervention Trial
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Vision, Low
In brief
The primary purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a new outpatient low vision rehabilitation program that is targeted to serve legally blind veterans with central vision loss. The hypothesis is that veterans in the treatment group will self-report less difficulty performing daily activities than veterans in the control group who are on a waiting list for VA low vision or blind rehabilitation programs.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00223756
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 61
- Starts
- 2004-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-01-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Primary eye diagnosis (in better seeing eye) of either macular degeneration, macular dystrophy, macular hole or inflammatory disease of the macula
- Habitual visual acuity (in better seeing eye) better than 20/500 but less than 20/100
You may not qualify if…
- does not have a phone
- does not speak English
- has previously received low vision services as part of an inpatient blind rehabilitation program
- has participated in a low vision program that provided low vision devices to meet reading needs with low vision therapy administered by an occupational therapist or vision rehabilitation professional since most recent significant decrease in vision
- has English literacy less than 5th grade level
- has habitual visual acuity in better seeing eye of equal to or better than 20/100, less than or equal to 20/500
- fails Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS) screening (score of 30 or lower)
- has history of stroke with aphasia
- has other health condition that would preclude follow-up (e.g. significant malignancy or life-threatening disease)
- is unable or unwilling to attend clinic visits required for the study
- has severe hearing impairment that interferes with participation in telephone questionnaires
- reports significant loss of vision since last eye exam
- has vitreous hemorrhage, serous or hemorrhagic detachment of the macula, clinically significant macular edema or cystoid macular edema that is likely to result in further loss or improvement in vision after treatment in better seeing eye
- plans cataract extraction in the next 6 months.
Where it is running
- Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital — Hines, Illinois, United States
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