None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
4eyesVision has developed a field-friendly kit for testing the two things that are essential in assessing whether corrective lenses can improve vision: visual acuity and refractive error. The 4eyesVision Kit allows people who have not had any prior training or experience in eye health ('Trainee community testers') to learn how to test vision based on a short training with an eye health professional. The kit includes frames and corrective lenses which can be assembled after visual acuity and refractive error measurement by the Trainee community testers, This study will investigate: 1. accuracy of visual acuity and refractive error measurement by non-professional workforces (under supervision by an eye health professional); 2. capacity of these workforces to choose appropriate corrective lenses (under supervision by an eye health professional). Study hypothesis: That Trainee community testers will determine visual acuity and refractive error measurements to the same degree of accuracy as an eye health specialist following participation in a 4-hour training.
Interventions
Participants in this study are referred to as 'Trainee community testers'.
Trainee community testers will complete one 4-hour face-to-face group training session to be delivered by the Principal Investigator who is an eye health specialist. The training content will address epidemiology of vision impairment and how to measure visual acuity and refractive error using the 4eyesVision Kit. The 4eyesVision Kit includes a field-friendly phoropter and tripod, spectacle frames and corrective lenses ra
Participants in this study are referred to as 'Trainee community testers'. Trainee community testers will complete one 4-hour face-to-face group training session to be delivered by the Principal Investigator who is an eye health specialist. The training content will address epidemiology of vision impairment and how to measure visual acuity and refractive error using the 4eyesVision Kit. The 4eyesVision Kit includes a field-friendly phoropter and tripod, spectacle frames and corrective lenses ranging in magnification. The 4-hour training session will involve demonstrations, interactive activities and time for practice and testing. The training will be supported by a training manual which will be provided on an electronic tablet during the training and supported by a hard copy version for Trainee community testers to keep following the training. Participants will then practice applying this knowledge by testing the vision of their fellow Trainee community testers and recording their answers. They will also be asked to complete a task where they determine the refraction of a corrective lens provided by the trainer and record their answer. Trainee community testers will complete a qualitative survey before the training ('Pre-training survey') to determine any prior training in eye health and knowledge of corrective glass use in their community. Trainee community testers will also complete a qualitative survey after the training ('Post-training survey') to determine feedback on the training.
Sponsors
4eyesVision
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Trainee community testers: > Aged 18 years plus > Employed as Community Health Worker at study site > Able to speak and read English
Exclusion criteria
Nil
Outcome results
None listed