Fundoscopy Use in Neurology Departments and the Utility of SmartPhone photography (FUNDUS)
Not Applicable
Suspended
- Conditions
- HeadacheNeurological disturbanceNeurological - Other neurological disordersEye - Diseases / disorders of the eye
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620000134921
- Lead Sponsor
- Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology & Eye Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Suspended
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 490
Inclusion Criteria
All patients admitted under the care of neurology at Westmead and Royal North Shore Hospitals, and patients who have a formal neurology consult during business hours between 0800 and 1630
Exclusion Criteria
* Inability to provide informed consent/assent
* Fundus photography documented in the medical record prior to recruitment (Westmead Hospital)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Period prevalence of fundoscopic pathology in patients admitted to hospital under the care of neurology, as detected by a reference clinical gold standard of blinded neurologist assessment of NMFP photographs[Four months post-study commencement]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Observed proportion of neurology inpatients and neurology consults that have fundoscopy performed as usual care by their neurology teams during business hours between 0800 and 1630.[Four months post-study commencement];Proportion of pathology detected by neurology using direct ophthalmoscopy (or Panoptic) in routine clinical practice[Four months post-study commencement];Proportion of pathology detected by blinded neurologist assessment of SF performed by research assistants[Four months post-study commencement]