Effect of Rose-colored Glass on Mood

Florida Center for Dermatology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mood

Treatments: Other: Wearing clear glasses; Other: Wearing pink glasses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03992586

RCG101

Details and patient eligibility

About

Decades of psychological research has highlighted the impact of visual perception on mood and happiness. The investigators hypothesized that literally seeing the world through rose colored glasses may have an effect on perception, mood, and happiness. After cataract surgery, which classically increases the vividness of perceived colors, patients report significant satisfaction. The investigators therefore sought to explore whether using pink colored lenses leads to a measurable impact on outcomes.

Full description

A randomized controlled clinical trial design will be performed. Subjects will be randomized for either pink lenses (treatment group) or clear lenses (placebo group).

Subjects will be asked to wear the assigned glasses throughout the day during the course of the trial. Glasses will not be work while driving at night.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects over 18 years of age.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who wear glasses on a regular basis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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38 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Pink lenses

Experimental group

Description:

Pink-colored lenses

Treatment:

Other: Wearing pink glasses

Clear lenses

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Clear lenses

Treatment:

Other: Wearing clear glasses