Low-vision Rehabilitation Program for Low-vision Patients and Care Givers

Low Vision Aids Clinical Trial

Official title: Low-vision Rehabilitation Program for Low-vision Patients and Care Givers: A Single Blind Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate health related quality of life (HRQoL) of low-vision patients and their care givers undergoing low-vision rehabilitation program (LVRP).

Clinical Trial Description

To conduct a pilot single-center, single blind longitudinal randomized controlled trial to evaluate health related quality of life (HRQoL) of low-vision patients and their care givers undergoing low-vision rehabilitation program (LVRP). LVRP includes functional vision assessments (low-vision refraction), prescription of a variety of visual aids including microscopes, magnifiers, telescopes, absorptive filters and electronic spectacle eyewear, large print books, and automatic self-transcending meditation plus essential skills for daily living and mobility training offered by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) including demonstration of visual aids as well as training on proper use of visual aids. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Blindness
• Low Vision Aids
• Low Vision Blindness
• Low Vision, One Eye, Unspecified Eye
• Vision, Low

• NCT number: NCT03166072
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Lawson Health Research Institute
• Contact: Monali Malvankar, PhD
• Phone: 5196858500
• Email: monali.malvankar@sjhc.london.on.ca
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2018
• Completion date: December 1, 2019