Online nurse-assisted eye-screening in home healthcare; implementation study and economic evaluation, from an individual, healthcare and socio-political perspective [iSCREEN-study]
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Visual impairment10047518
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON54100
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 240
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients receive home healthcare for health problems
- 65 years or older (query)
- Understanding of the Dutch language (telephone assessment)
- Cognitive ability to participate in research (telephone assessment: six-item
Mini Mental State Examination score >3)
Exclusion Criteria
- Very serious health condition of the patient (query: e.g. terminal illness,
receiving palliative home care)
- Cognitively unable to participate in research (query: e.g. late stage
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's)
- Having received an optometric or ophthalmic consultation within the last 6
months (query and telephone assessment)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary outcome is incidence in clinically relevant progress of 10 letters (2<br /><br>lines, exceeding measurement error) or more on the Colenbrander-1M visual<br /><br>acuity chart between baseline and 12 months follow-up. Measurements are<br /><br>performed in participants' homes by research assistants from Amsterdam UMC at<br /><br>baseline, after 6 and after 12 months. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method