iteracy Pathway

Recruiting

• Conditions: Binocular vision; Literacy; Poor reading due to dyslexia or other conditions but excluding poor reading due to major intellectual disability.; Mental Health - Learning disabilities; Eye - Diseases / disorders of the eye

• Registration Number: ACTRN12606000245594
• Lead Sponsor: Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2006-06-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Children in the lowest decile of literacy according to Grade 3 national literacy and numeracy tests who also have poor stereovision on screening assessment. Children must reside in Southern Tasmania (telephone 0362).

Exclusion Criteria

Major intellectual impairment or epilepsy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reading[Measured at baseline, 10 weeks and 26 weeks];Rate of reading test.<br>Woodcock Reading Mastery Test - Revised:<br>- Passage comprehension<br>- Letter identification<br>- Word identification<br>- Word attack[Measured at baseline, 10 weeks and 26 weeks]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual acuity (3m LogMAR)<br>*Binocular<br>*Monocular <br>Stereotest<br>Lang test<br>Worth 4 dot<br>Near point of convergence <br>*Objective<br>*Subjective<br>Accommodative facility<br>Near vision[Vision, to be measured at baseline, 10 weeks and 26 weeks.];Developmental Eye Movement (DEM) test<br>d2 Test of Attention<br>Copying test – error rate per 100 words<br>Visual attention span[Visual Processing, to be measured at baseline, 10 weeks and 26 weeks.];<br>Conner Parent Rating Score – Revised, short form<br>Conner Teacher Rating Score – Revised, short form[Attention Defict Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), to be measured at baseline, 10 weeks and 26 weeks.]