Modernising the low vision clinic: the utility of a trained low vision support worker

Completed

• Conditions: Visual impairment; Eye Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN05434212
• Lead Sponsor: Moorfields Eye Hospital (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-06-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with visual impairment referred into the low vision clinic at the St George's outreach clinic, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Visual impairment can be classed as:
1. Age-related macular disease
2. Glaucoma
3. Cataract
4. Retinitis pigmentosa
5. Juvenile macular diseases
6. Optic neuritis
7. Other causes of visual impairment

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those living in residential care homes
2. Those with good vision inappropriately referred to the low vision clinic
3. Those unable to perform a telephone-based interview

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified