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

- vision-targeted health-related quality of life
- depression
- generic health-related quality of life
- functional independence
- participation in group activities
- physical activities
- falls
- life space

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

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00347620

Principal Investigator: | Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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 |
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