Home-training for hemianopia (partial blindness)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hemianopia following acquired post-chiasmatic brain injury such as stroke; Eye Diseases; Hemianopia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16023965
• Lead Sponsor: Ministry of Education Malaysia

Brief Summary

2018 thesis in http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12908/ (added 23/04/2021) (published 10/12/2018)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-05-19
• Study Completion: 2017-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 3 May 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adults aged 18 years or above who have been diagnosed with a non-progressive visual field defect (for at least 3 months) due to post-chiasmatic injury
2. Good cognitive ability
3. Able to give consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Individuals with visual field loss due to prechiasmatic or chiasmatic damage, or neurodegenerative disease
2. Aged under 18 years
3. Have comorbid oculomotor disorders
4. Severe physical problems
5. An unstable medical illness
6. Unable to provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Reading is measured using an in-app reading task* and a reading task using a modified passage from ‘The Grey Gentlemen’ (Ende, 1974; Aimola et al., 2014) at baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 3 months follow up<br> 2.Visual Exploration is measured using an in-app visual exploration task* and the 'Find-the-Number' visual search task (Aimola et al., 2014) at baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 3 months follow up<br><br> * Those described as being ‘in-app’ are part of the Durham Reading and Exploration (DREX) app.<br>