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Administrative data

NCT number NCT00946062
Other study ID # MEC 07-3-057.5/pl
Secondary ID ZonMw 94305004
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received July 23, 2009
Last updated November 14, 2013
Start date November 2007
Est. completion date July 2010

Study information

Verified date November 2013
Source Maastricht University Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Netherlands: The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO)
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is:

1. to develop a standardised orientation and mobility training (O&M-training) in the use of an identification/symbol cane by older adults with low vision, and;

2. to evaluate this newly developed standardised O&M-training with respect to effectiveness and feasibility in a randomised controlled trial.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 190
Est. completion date July 2010
Est. primary completion date July 2010
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 55 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Aged 55 years or over

- Low vision

- Living independently in the community or in a home for older people

- Able to see large obstacles and to go outside for a short walk or doing groceries

- One of the following:

1. experiencing difficulties with safely crossing a street

2. experiencing difficulties with recognising acquaintances outdoors

3. willing to become recognisable as being partially sighted by using the identification cane

- Written informed consent

- Orientation and Mobility training (O&M-training) in the use of an identification cane

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cognitive impairment (a score of less than 4 on the Abbreviated Mental Test 4)

- Language or hearing problems that impede completing an interview by telephone

- Confinement to bed or possible nursing home admission that impede completion of the O&M-training

- Permanent use of a walking aid incompatible with the use of an identification cane

- Having recently received an O&M-training in the use of an identification cane and permanent use of this cane

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
orientation and mobility training
orientation and mobility training

Locations

Country Name City State
Netherlands Sensis Grave
Netherlands Royal Visio Huizen
Netherlands Bartimeus Utrecht

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Maastricht University Medical Center ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary activities of daily life (subscale of the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (GARS)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Primary distance activities and mobility (subscales of the Visual Functioning Questionnaire (VFQ)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Secondary activities index (Frenchay Activities Index (FAI)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Secondary social support interactions (Social Support List (SSL 12-I)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Secondary health-related quality of life (EuroQol 5D (EQ5D)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Secondary mental health and dependency (subscale of the Visual Functioning Questionnaire (VFQ)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Secondary feelings of anxiety (anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Secondary symptoms of depression (depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D)) 5 and 17 weeks No
Secondary concerns about falling (falls efficacy scale international (FES-I)) 5 and 17 weeks No
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