Reading speed during reading standardized single sentences and paragraphs in patients with maculopathy

• Conditions: H35.3; Degeneration of macula and posterior pole

• Registration Number: DRKS00021615
• Lead Sponsor: Forschungseinheit für Visuelle Rehabilitation, Department für Augenheilkunde, Universitäsklinikum Tübingen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2012-06-06
• Study Start: 2020-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

Consenting adults (age 18-85 years) in good general condition
- Magnification requirement for the better eye: 2x and 12x
- central scotoma (e.g. age-related macular degeneration, hereditary macular dystrophy)
- German as mother tongue

Exclusion Criteria

- peripheral visual field defects (e.g. due to glaucoma, optic nerve disease or retinal vascular disease)
- mental disabilities that make reading intellectually difficult
- persons with pre-existing reading disorder, e.g. dyslexia

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The following question should be clarified:<br>Is there a difference in the measurement and evaluation of reading speed between our newly developed longer reading texts IReST or the short Radner texts?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Are there differences between patients and normal seeing people?<br><br>Is a correction factor necessary when determining the reading speed with different reading texts? <br>A correction factor could be used to compare the results of studies that were determined with either longer texts (e.g. IReST) or short sentences (e.g. Radner reading boards).