Knowledge of Glaucoma Patients on Telemedicine and Vision Centers
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H40- Glaucoma
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/05/052941
- Lead Sponsor
- Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients with stable glaucoma (Glaucoma will be defined as â??stableâ?? if IOP is well controlled with no change in AGM in the last 1 year, requiring regular 6 monthly follow up) who are willing to give informed written consent and fulfilling all of the three criteria:
1. Age >= 18 years.
2. Has attended 3 or more visits at the glaucoma clinic previously
3. Patients with Primary glaucoma (POAG and PACD), glaucoma suspects (including disc suspects and ocular hypertension) and any form of chronic secondary glaucoma who are stable, needing regular follow up evaluations.
1. Any acute form of glaucoma or intractable glaucoma necessitating surgical interventions.
2. Any other vision threatening co-existing ocular pathology e.g., PDR, ARMD, Retinal detachment, Optic neuritis- All acute conditions needing immediate intervention.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The information gathered will have potential implications for the success of future glaucoma telemedicine programs in our region.Timepoint: May 2023 to September 2023
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knowledge of what demographic and clinical characteristics make a patient more predisposed to use telemedicineTimepoint: May 2023 to September 2023