Implementation of Compliance Improvement for Amblyopia Preventio

Completed

• Conditions: Amblyopia; Eye Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN22835481
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

1. All newly diagnosed children with an inter-ocular difference in visual acuity of more than two logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution (logMAR), strabismus and/or an anisometropia or a deprivation (e.g. cataract)
2. Age: three to six years
3. Both genders
4. Children living in an area with low Socio-Economic Status (SES) in the four big cities of the Netherlands

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children with equal visual acuity between the eyes (less than one logMAR line of difference in visual acuity between eyes)
2. Previous treatment for amblyopia, neurological disorder, medication, other eye disorder or decreased visual acuity caused by brain damage or trauma

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified