Screening and Confirmation for Selected Visual problems and Assessing Effect of Community Volunteers in Facilitating Seeking Care for Visual problems among the Elders in A Selected Urban Primary Health Care Setting, Puducherry- A Study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H259- Unspecified age-related cataractHealth Condition 2: H527- Unspecified disorder of refractionHealth Condition 3: H359- Unspecified retinal disorder
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Elders (more than or equal to 60 years) residing in the field practice area of JIPMER Urban Health Centre with visual impairment
Exclusion Criteria
1.Bed ridden patients
2.Terminally ill conditions
3.Recently hospitalized
4.Elders presenting with cataract
5.Elders with history of allergic to dilators
6.History of glaucoma
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Among the elders with visual impairment in a selected urban primary health care setting, Puducherry, to assess the proportion of elders who were facilitated by community volunteers and/or field health workers for seeking care for visual impairment <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6 months <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot applicableTimepoint: Not applicable