Restricted Useful Field View as a Risk Factor in Older Adults

Vision Impairment Clinical Trial

Official title:

Restricted Useful Field View as a Risk Factor in Older Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00013351
• Other study ID #: C1830R
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: March 14, 2001
• Last updated: January 20, 2009
• Start date: April 1998
• Est. completion date: March 2001

Study information

• Verified date: January 2001
• Source: VA Office of Research and Development
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The relationship between Useful Field of Vision (UFOV) and falls taken by the elderly will be investigated. UFOV is a test which measures visual attention. The test has been used in correlating the visual attention in the elderly with their driving safety record. The test is administered using a computer and consists of three parts: a) subject views figures which appear in the center of the computer screen and identified them as quickly as possible; b)the subject has to identify figures in the center of the screen while at the same time point to another symbol which will appear in one of eight places on the outer portion of the screen; c) the third section is similar to the second except while the subject is identifying and pointing there is a background noise.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: March 2001
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older
• Eligibility: Vision impaired adults at risk for falls

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Vision Impairment

Intervention

Procedure:
• Prevention of Falls

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	VAMC, Decatur	Decatur	Georgia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
VA Office of Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,