Project inCharge: Increasing the Rate of Comprehensive Eye Care Utilization by Older African Americans Through Community-Based Eye Health Education Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Vision; Eye Disease; Eye Care
• Interventions: Behavioral: Eye care education; Behavioral: Social-contact control

• Registration Number: NCT00591110
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

The study design is a randomized intervention evaluation. Ten senior centers in predominately African American communities in the Birmingham, Alabama will be selected as sites for the educational intervention. Five centers will be randomly assigned to receive an educational intervention communicating practical information about vision, eye conditions and eye care as pertinent to the older African American population. The other five centers will serve as social-contact controls, where participants will receive an engaging information session on a non-health related topic. The primary outcome of interest is the change in percentage of persons receiving comprehensive eye care from pre- to post- intervention. The secondary outcomes are the process outcomes of improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and values about vision, eye conditions, and eye care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2007-12-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-12-31
• Study First Posted: 2008-01-11
• Study Start: 2008-06
• Primary Completion: 2009-03
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Status Verified: 2012-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-06-26
• Last Update Posted: 2012-06-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 177

Inclusion Criteria

• African Americans ages >=60 years residing in the communities targeted for intervention or control activities

Exclusion Criteria

• Persons who do not speak English, persons who are not community-dwelling.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Eye care education	Educational intervention communicating practical information about vision, eye conditions and eye care.
2	Social-contact control	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the percentage of persons receiving comprehensive eye care from pre- to post- intervention	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and values about vision, eye conditions, and eye care and reduction in perceived barriers to care.	18 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States