Incentives in diabetic eye assessment by screening

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetic retinopathy; Eye Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14896403
• Lead Sponsor: Imperial College London

Brief Summary

2016 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26993471 protocol 2017 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28375591 results 2018 Results article in http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311778 (added 07/03/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-25
• Study Completion: 2016-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 20 March 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

Patients, aged 16 and older, who were invited to screening in the last 24 months on a yearly basis and failed to attend or contact the screening service to rearrange an appointment will be studied.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants under the age of 16
2. Participants who have attended screening appointments in the past, or contacted the service to rearrange an appointment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attendance at the screening appointment. This will be recorded at the appointment (which takes place four weeks after the invitation letter is sent), by the screener entering the patient into the electronic appointment record database. Following the end of data collection a search will be conducted on the database to extract information on attendance, as well as other demographic variables, and information on rearranged appointments.