Will Listening to Music Make it Easier to Take a Visual Field Test?

Completed

Conditions studied: Glaucoma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine if there is a difference between glaucoma patients having background music and not having background music before visual field testing.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01027039

Run by

Wills Eye

People needed

160

Starts

2008-06-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-10

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age range: 40-80 years
• Best corrected visual acuity: 20/50 or better in both eyes
• Experienced visual field test takers only: Patient has taken at least 2 prior visual field tests
• Mean defect values: MD no greater than 15
• Reliability on prior visual field indices must each be less than or equal to 40%
• Glaucoma type: Open angle glaucoma (including primary open angle glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma and exfoliative glaucoma) angle closure glaucoma and low tension glaucoma
• Visual field testing program: Humphrey 24-2 Sita Standard
• Number of eyes per patient: Both (2) eyes will be tested for each subject

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with other ocular disease affecting central vision other than mild- moderate nuclear sclerosis (i.e. patients with macular scar, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, etc.)
• Systemic conditions affecting ability to take HVF (i.e. dementia, CVA, severe arthritis, etc.)
• Any visual field taken that is not the Humphrey 24-2 SITA Standard field will not be acceptable

Where it is running

• Wills Eye Glaucoma Service — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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