VA Low Vision Intervention Trial (LOVIT) II
概览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 干预措施
- 未指定
- 疾病 / 适应症
- Central Vision Loss From Macular Diseases
- 发起方
- VA Office of Research and Development
- 入组人数
- 323
- 试验地点
- 7
- 主要终点
- Comparison of Changes in Visual Reading Ability From Baseline to Four Months Later Measured With 48 Item VA Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire
- 状态
- 已完成
- 最后更新
- 9年前
概览
简要总结
This study will determine if the interdisciplinary team low vision rehabilitation program is more effective than basic low vision care provided by an optometrist working alone in improving visual reading ability in veterans with macular diseases and best corrected visual acuity of 20/50 to 20/200.
详细描述
Key Questions: The purpose of our proposed single-masked multicenter randomized controlled trial is to determine if the Interdisciplinary Team approach to low vision service delivery is more effective than the Basic Low Vision Service in improving visual reading ability for 330 veterans with macular diseases and best corrected visual acuity of 20/50-20/200. Effectiveness will be measured with the Veterans Affairs Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire (VA LV VFQ-48), a valid and reliable questionnaire that is administered by telephone to capture changes in patients' self-report of their difficulty reading and performing other daily living activities affected by visual impairment before and after rehabilitation. The primary outcome measure is the comparison of changes in patients' visual reading ability on the VA LV VFQ-48 after they receive low vision care from the Interdisciplinary Team or Basic Low Vision Care program. The secondary outcome measures are comparisons of changes in other VA LV VFQ-48 visual ability scores (overall, mobility, visual information processing, visual motor skills). Hypothesis: The improvement in visual reading ability measured with the VA LV VFQ-48 will be larger for patients who received low vision services from the Interdisciplinary Team than for patients who received the Basic Low Vision Service. Specific Aims:(1) Compare the mean changes in patients' visual reading ability (estimated from patients' difficulty ratings of reading items on the VA LV VFQ-48 before and after low vision service delivery) in the Interdisciplinary Team and Basic Low Vision Care Programs.(2) Compare the mean changes in visual ability \[patients' difficulty ratings of other items on the VA LV VFQ-48 (mobility, visual information processing, visual motor skills) before and after low vision service delivery\] in the Interdisciplinary Team and Basic Low Vision Care programs.(3). Identify the characteristics of patients who benefit from the Interdisciplinary Team and Basic Low Vision Service. (4). Conduct an economic evaluation to compare the costs and cost effectiveness of the Interdisciplinary Team and Basic Low Vision Service.
研究者
入排标准
入选标准
- •Primary eye diagnosis (better seeing Eye) macular disease
- •Best-corrected visual acuity (better seeing eye) 20/50-20/200
排除标准
- •Does not have a telephone
- •Does not speak English
- •Has received interdisciplinary low vision services
- •English literacy less that 5th grade reading level
- •Failed TICS
- •Unable or unwilling to attend required clinic visits
- •Severe hearing impairment preventing administration of telephone questionnaires
- •Planned cataract extraction in next 4 months
- •Visual fields contracted to diameter of 20 degrees in better-seeing eye
- •Vitreous hemorrhage or serous hemorrhagic detachment of macula
结局指标
主要结局
Comparison of Changes in Visual Reading Ability From Baseline to Four Months Later Measured With 48 Item VA Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire
时间窗: changes from baseline to 4 months later
The range of scores for the Visual Reading Ability subscale of the VA Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire is 0 to 3.5 logits (log odds ratio). A higher score indicates better ability or less difficulty performing activities.
次要结局
- Comparison of Changes in Mobility From Baseline to Four Months Later Measured With 48 Item VA Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire(changes from baseline to 4 months later)
- Comparison of Changes in Visual Information Processing From Baseline to Four Months Later Measured With 48 Item VA Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire(changes from baseline to 4 months later)
- Comparison of Changes in Visual Motor Skills From Baseline to Four Months Later Measured With 48 Item VA Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire(changes from baseline to 4 months later)
- Comparison of Overall Visual Ability From Baseline to Four Months Later Measured With 48 Item VA Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire(changes from baseline to 4 months later)