Interest in Electronic Applications for Patients With Glaucoma

Completed

• Conditions: Glaucoma
• Interventions: Device: Interest in medical education through social media

• Registration Number: NCT02659709
• Lead Sponsor: Wills Eye

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06
• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-19
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2016-10
• Study Completion: 2016-10
• Results First Submitted: 2017-12-15
• Status Verified: 2019-06
• Results First Submitted QC: 2019-06-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-06-17
• Results First Posted: 2019-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• unable to complete survey

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Glaucoma Patients and Caregivers	Interest in medical education through social media	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients Owning Smartphone/Tablet Technology	1 hour	Responses collected from participants about owning access to social media via smartphone or tablet technology obtained by completing a 20 item questionnaire.
Patients Having Access to Social Media Via Smartphone or Tablet in the Home	1 hour	Responses collected from participants about their personal access, through other members in the home, to social media via smartphone or tablet technology obtained by completing a 20 item questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Glaucoma Medication Compliance	1 hour	Responses collected from participants about compliance to using their glaucoma drops as prescribed obtained by completing a 20 item questionnaire.
Use of Medication Reminder	1 hour	Responses collected from participants about use of medication reminders for their glaucoma drops obtained by completing a 20 item questionnaire.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wills Eye Hospital; 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States