A Study of Interventions to Reduce Disability From Visual Loss in Nursing Home Residents

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Cataract, Refractive Error, Low Vision

In brief

The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine if interventions within the nursing home to restore vision, or cope with visual loss, in residents with visual impairment result in improvement or less decline in mobility scores, and socialization scores, compared to residents with visual impairment in nursing homes with no such intervention. The investigators hypothesized that nursing home residents with visual loss who receive cataract surgery, or refractive correction, or low vision aids would have have better socialization scores and mobility scores at 6 months and 12 months compared to nursing home residents with visual impairment who are advised to seek services, but have no specific program.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00348621

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

2544

Starts

1999-06-01

Expected to finish

2002-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-06

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nursing homes in Eastern Shore of Maryland,within 1.5 hour drive of Salisbury MD
• Nursing home administrators and resident committees approved the study
• Nursing home residents:
• Age 65 and older
• more than 30 day length of Stay
• Capable of acuity testing

You may not qualify if…

• Nursing home residents:
• staff assessment noted imminent death likely (within 3 months)
• resident unable to provide informed consent and guardian not locatable
• resident's only language was not understood by nursing staff

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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