Feasibility of EnChroma Use in the Emergency Department Setting

Emory University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Color Vision Defects

Treatments: Device: EnChroma glasses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04021914

IRB00111894

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study addresses whether the use of EnChroma products are feasible for use in the emergency department by color vision deficient providers.

Full description

This study addresses whether it is feasible for color vision deficient (CVD) physicians and other healthcare providers to wear EnChroma products in the clinical setting. It is known that color vision is important to the practice of medicine. Identifying red skin or red ear drums, noticing whether lips have turned blue or a patient is pale, and identifying colors under a microscope all are aided by or dependent upon color vision. While color vision deficiency does not preclude a person from becoming and succeeding as a physician, it may be appropriate and desired to utilize devices to improve color vision during patient care.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-65
• Red-Green color deficiency

Exclusion criteria

• Achromatopsia
• Cataracts
• Glaucoma
• Legal blindness
• Macular degeneration
• Retinitis Pigmentosa

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

EnChroma glasses

Experimental group

Description:

EnChroma products improve brightness and color purity of primary colors for CVD people. Each participant with CVD will be provided EnChroma products to use indoors over the course of two weeks in the emergency department, educational settings, and in their personal life.

Treatment:

Device: EnChroma glasses