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Fundoscopy Use in Neurology Departments and the Utility of SmartPhone photography (FUNDUS)

Not Applicable
Suspended
Conditions
Headache
Neurological disturbance
Neurological - Other neurological disorders
Eye - 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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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]
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