Uptake of Comprehensive Eye Examination Trial

Sun Yat-sen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Glaucoma; Diabetic Retinopathy

Treatments: Behavioral: video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01743781

ZOC-CREST2

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. To evaluate a educational intervention promoting acceptance of comprehensive eye examination in rural Guangdong.
2. To evaluate the impact of acceptance of comprehensive eye examination in rural Guangdong.

Full description

A comprehensive eye examination includes visual acuity, slitlamp exam, pupil exam, intraocular pressure, gonioscope lens and 90D lens with slitlamp exam fundus. A number of eye diseases are irreversible at on early stage. Both glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy(DR)are frequently asymptomatic until significant, often-irreversible, damage to the vision has already occurred. It has been estimated that only 10% of persons in India with glaucoma are diagnosed, and the Handan Eye Survey reports that only 10% of persons with diabetes in rural areas of China have received diabetic eye care. In order to deliver effective care for DR and glaucoma in areas with limited resources, education of patients and interventions to promote compliance among patients will both be needed.

Enrollment: 459 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age ≥40 years who have never had a comprehensive eye examination

Exclusion criteria

• inability to join informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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459 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

view a 10-minute informational video about comprehensive eye examination

Treatment:

Behavioral: video

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention