Interest in Electronic Applications for Patients With Glaucoma (GlaucomaApp)

Wills Eye

Status: Completed

Conditions: Glaucoma

Treatments: Device: Interest in medical education through social media

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02659709

14-413E

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluation interest in use of smartphone- and tablet-based application (app) for participants with glaucoma, ocular hypertension, those at risk and their caregivers.

Full description

This study is designed to determine the amount of interest in an educational application (app) on social media for glaucoma patients and their caregivers.

The purpose of this App is to enhance understanding of glaucoma by using short video tutorials. The App will include glaucoma eye drop medication reminders, a short video tutorial which aims to improve understanding of how visual field testing should be performed, how to administer eye drops and a feature that will enable participants to store and organize testing results using a mobile device.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Anyone affected by glaucoma
• Family and friends of someone with glaucoma

Exclusion criteria

• unable to complete survey

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

Glaucoma Patients and Caregivers

Description:

Glaucoma patients and caregivers will complete a 20 item questionnaire providing demographic information, glaucoma eye drop compliance, interest in medication reminders, availability to smartphone, tablet and social media technology and interest in using a glaucoma application on social media.

Treatment:

Device: Interest in medical education through social media