Effects of Contact Lens Wear on Children's Self-Perceptions (ACHIEVE)

The Ohio State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myopia

Treatments: Device: Soft contact lenses; Device: Spectacle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00522288

2003H0114

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether contact lens wear will improve children's self-perceptions more than spectacle wear.

Full description

Eight to eleven year old children will be randomly assigned to wear spectacles or soft contact lenses. The children's self-perceptions will be measured at baseline and every six months. We will compare the change in self-perception between spectacle and soft contact lens wearers over three years. We will also examine the effect of how much children initially like or dislike to wear glasses on the change in self-perception over three years.

Enrollment: 484 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 11 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1.00 to 6.00 D spherical component myopia, based on cycloplegic autorefraction
• 1.00 DC or less astigmatism, based on cycloplegic autorefraction
• 20/20 or better best-corrected visual acuity in each eye
• Global stereoacuity of 250 seconds of arc or better based on Randot stereoacuity

Exclusion criteria

• Contact lens wear within the past month
• Ocular health problems that could affect vision, eye development, or contact lens wear
• Systemic health problems that could affect understanding of surveys or contact lens wear
• Participation in other eye or vision studies that prescribed a treatment

Trial design

484 participants in 2 patient groups

Contact Lens

Experimental group

Description:

Soft contact lenses

Treatment:

Device: Soft contact lenses

Spectacle

Active Comparator group

Description:

Spectacles

Treatment:

Device: Spectacle