Tailored Messages to Increase Eye Examination Behavior

Eye Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Tailored Messages to Increase Eye Examination Behavior

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Unknown status

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00649766
• Other study ID #: R01EY015899
• Secondary ID: R01EY015899
• Status: Unknown status
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 28, 2008
• Last updated: March 28, 2008
• Start date: June 2006
• Est. completion date: May 2008

Study information

• Verified date: March 2008
• Source: National Eye Institute (NEI)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this project is to test two different types of health messages, one that is developed for a specific group (targeted) and the other that is more personalized to individuals (tailored), to see which is better at changing how often people have their eyes examined. We hypothesize that people who get the tailored messages will be more likely to get a dilated eye exam than people who receive the targeted messages.

Description:

Studies have shown that people are not getting their eyes examined on a regular basis, even though dilated eye exams can detect eye diseases like glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy early, before significant vision loss has developed. Early detection can lead to earlier treatment, which can save sight by preventing or slowing the progression of these eye diseases. In this project we designed, implemented, and are now evaluating tailored and targeted print health messages to increase eye examination behavior in an African-American population 65 years of age and older, a group at increased risk of glaucoma and diabetes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Unknown status
• Enrollment: 330
• Est. completion date: May 2008
• Est. primary completion date: May 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• African-American

• 65 years of age or older

• no dilated fundus exam in past 2 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• appointment for dilated fundus exam scheduled

• no access to phone

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Eye Care
• Eye Disease
• Eye Diseases

Intervention

Behavioral:
• tailored newsletter
Tailored newsletter that addresses each person's stage of change, barriers to getting eye exams, and knowledge of eye exams and eye disease
• targeted newsletter
Targeted newsletter that contains messages about barriers to getting eye exams and presents facts about glaucoma and African-Americans.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Maryland School of Medicine	Baltimore	Maryland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Eye Institute (NEI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Ellish NJ, Royak-Schaler R, Passmore SR, Higginbotham EJ. Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about dilated eye examinations among African-Americans. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 May;48(5):1989-94. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	doctor-confirmed dilated eye examination		3 and 6 months