Prismatic Correction for Improving Near Visual Acuity in Patients With Maculopathy

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Visual Acuity

Treatments: Other: prismatic glasses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05747417

AlShifaTrust Eye

Details and patient eligibility

About

patients with maculopathy reported in low vision clinic are tested for prismatic glasses for near vision. The pre and post visual acuity was recorded.

Full description

Diagnosed patient of maculopathy who was visited in low vision clinic are divided in two groups , one is control group (prescribed simple near vision glasses) and other is interventional group(prescribed prismatic glasses). Both groups were follow up after one month to check the improvement in near visual acuity

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Diagnosed patients of maculopathy refer to low vision clinic
2. Patients with both genders
3. VA from LogMAR 1.0 to LogMAR 0.3

Exclusion criteria

1. Maculopathy patients with other ocular disease
2. VA worsen the LogMAR 1.0
3. Patients with mental illness and other physical lmitations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

prism glasses

Experimental group

Description:

prisms glasses are advised with ranging of 4prism diopters to 10 prism diopters

Treatment:

Other: prismatic glasses

presbyopic glasses

No Intervention group

Description:

simple presbyopia glasses according to age are advised