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| Name | Class |
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| University of Nebraska | OTHER |
| New England College of Optometry | OTHER |
| Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University | OTHER |
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One goal of this research is to conduct a non-inferiority trial of telerehabilitation versus in-office care to provide follow-up training to individuals with low vision to enhance their quality of life by using magnification devices and/or visual assistive mobile apps for important daily activities, such as reading and/or other valued tasks. This is a high priority given the increasing prevalence of low vision, paucity of low vision rehabilitation providers, and barriers related to access to care, such as transportation and geography, which can be essentially eliminated with telerehabilitation. Another goal of this project is to determine whether significant changes in environmental data collected by Bluetooth low energy beacon sensors can be used as a solution to monitor and indicate when low vision patients' have abandoned the use of their magnification devices, which has the potential to substantially enhance patient management by providing timely low vision rehabilitation services.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Telerehabilitation with low vision provider | Experimental | Low Vision Rehabilitation for use of magnification or visual assistive devices using videoconferencing for remotely delivered follow-up care |
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| Usual Care In-Office | Active Comparator | Low Vision Rehabilitation in-office for use of magnification or visual assistive devices |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Low Vision Rehabilitation | Behavioral | Evaluation and training with magnification or visual assistive devices for visually-impaired adults |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Activity Inventory | questionnaire; scores will be Rasch analyzed in logic units with higher or positive scores indicating less difficulty (i.e., improvement) | changes from 1 month to 4 months to 8 months to 12 months to 13 months after receiving a magnification device |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| MNread | reading speed and acuity test | baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months |
| Sustained Silent Reading Test | prolonged reading test |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| UCLA Study Coordinator | Contact | 310-794-5602 | JessicaSLin@mednet.ucla.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ava K Bittner, OD, PhD | University of California, Los Angeles | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Southern Califonia College of Optometry | Not yet recruiting | Fullerton | California | 92831 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 36637057 | Background | Bittner AK, Yoshinaga PD, Rittiphairoj T, Li T. Telerehabilitation for people with low vision. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Jan 13;1(1):CD011019. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011019.pub4. | |
| 35213868 | Background | Malkin AG, Ross NC, Chun MW, Bittner AK; CARE Study Team. Why Are Visual Assistive Mobile Applications Underused by Low Vision Patients? Optom Vis Sci. 2022 Apr 1;99(4):333-334. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001893. No abstract available. |
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| Mid-Michigan Eye Care |
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randomized controlled non-inferiority trial
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| baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months |
| International Reading Speed Text (IReST) | reading speed test | baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months |
| Radner Reading Charts | reading speed and acuity test | baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months |
| Vision rehabilitation satisfaction survey | surveys: post-telerehabilitation or in-office visits | after each session that will occur over a period of 1 to 8 months and and again at about 1 year |
| Informant surveys by close acquaintances of participants | survey | 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months |
| Adherence to hand-held optical magnifier use (frequency and duration) | Bluetooth low energy beacon sensor data | baseline to 13 months |
| Chan Family Optometry | Not yet recruiting | Grass Valley | California | 95945 | United States |
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| UCLA Stein Eye Institute | Recruiting | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | United States |
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| Frank Stein & Paul S. May Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation at The Eye Institute | Not yet recruiting | San Francisco | California | 94102 | United States |
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| See What You Miss Optometry | Not yet recruiting | Santa Monica | California | 90401 | United States |
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| New England College of Optometry | Not yet recruiting | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | United States |
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| Boston University Eye Associates, Inc. | Not yet recruiting | Brockton | Massachusetts | 02301 | United States |
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| Mid-Michigan Eye Care | Not yet recruiting | Midland | Michigan | 48640 | United States |
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| University of Nebraska: Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation at the Truhlsen Eye Institute | Not yet recruiting | Omaha | Nebraska | 68198 | United States |
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| 36951854 | Result | Kaminski JE, Yoshinaga PD, Chun MW, Yu M, Shepherd JD, Chan TL, Deemer A, Bittner AK; BeST-AID Study Team. Value of Handheld Optical Illuminated Magnifiers for Sustained Silent Reading by Visually Impaired Adults. Optom Vis Sci. 2023 May 1;100(5):312-318. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000002013. Epub 2023 Mar 22. |
| 36067410 | Result | Bittner AK, Kaminski JE, Ross NC, Shepherd JD, Thoene SJ, Bui SZ, Yoshinaga PD; BeST-AID Study Team. Telerehabilitation Training to Facilitate Improved Reading Ability with New Magnification Devices for Low Vision. Optom Vis Sci. 2022 Oct 1;99(10):743-749. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001944. Epub 2022 Sep 6. |
| 35917136 | Result | Bittner AK, Yoshinaga PD, Shepherd JD, Kaminski JE, Malkin AG, Chun MW, Chan TL, Deemer AD, Ross NC; BeST-AID Study Team. Acceptability of Telerehabilitation for Magnification Devices for the Visually Impaired Using Various Approaches to Facilitate Accessibility. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 Aug 1;11(8):4. doi: 10.1167/tvst.11.8.4. |
| 34770374 | Result | Bittner AK, Estabrook M, Dennis N. Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon Sensors to Document Handheld Magnifier Use at Home by People with Low Vision. Sensors (Basel). 2021 Oct 25;21(21):7065. doi: 10.3390/s21217065. |
| 30169361 | Result | Bittner AK, Yoshinaga P, Bowers A, Shepherd JD, Succar T, Ross NC. Feasibility of Telerehabilitation for Low Vision: Satisfaction Ratings by Providers and Patients. Optom Vis Sci. 2018 Sep;95(9):865-872. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001260. |
| 30169359 | Result | Bittner AK, Jacobson AJ, Khan R. Feasibility of Using Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon Sensors to Detect Magnifier Usage by Low Vision Patients. Optom Vis Sci. 2018 Sep;95(9):844-851. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001266. |
| ID | Term |
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| D015354 | Vision, Low |
| ID | Term |
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| D014786 | Vision Disorders |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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