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Improving Vision and Quality of Life in the Nursing Home

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00347620
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 4, 2006
Last Update Posted : March 15, 2010
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Retirement Research Foundation
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Research to Prevent Blindness
EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
Pearle Vision Foundation
Information provided by:
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate whether interventions to improve vision in nursing home residents have an impact on residents' health-related quality of life. The interventions being evaluated are correction of refractive error (near-sightedness, far-sightedness, presbyopia) and cataract surgery.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Refractive Error Cataract Device: spectacles Procedure: Cataract Surgery Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
The purpose of this project is two-fold: 1.) to establish the psychometric properties of the Nursing Home Vision-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) instrument, and; 2.) to evaluate the responsiveness of this instrument. Responsiveness will be assessed in two independent preliminary prospective intervention evaluations. The first responsiveness evaluation will involve a new spectacle intervention and the second will involve first eye cataract surgery. In addition, we will examine the association between the responsiveness of this instrument, and changes in visual functioning measures and other demographic variables.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Enrollment : 400 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Improving Vision and Quality of Life in the Nursing Home
Study Start Date : August 2000
Study Completion Date : December 2003

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Arms and Interventions
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Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. vision-targeted health-related quality of life

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. depression
  2. generic health-related quality of life
  3. functional independence
  4. participation in group activities
  5. physical activities
  6. falls
  7. life space

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   60 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • at least 60 years of age or older
  • expected to stay in facility foe at least 8 months
  • stable medical condition
  • moderately cognitively impaired or better

Exclusion Criteria:

  • those not meeting inclusion criteria
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Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Retirement Research Foundation
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Research to Prevent Blindness
EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
Pearle Vision Foundation
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH University of Alabama at Birmingham
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00347620    
Other Study ID Numbers: 2000-072
First Posted: July 4, 2006    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 15, 2010
Last Verified: March 2010
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Cataract
Refractive Errors
Lens Diseases
Eye Diseases