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Assessment of reading performance in portable and desktop electronic video-magnifiers.

Assessment of reading performance in portable and desktop electronic video-magnifiers. - RePeViMa

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00021513
Enrollment
47
Registered
2020-04-29
Start date
2017-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

Healthy volunteers

Interventions

Group 1: 1) Reading two different standardized Italian texts (International Reading Speed Text, IReST, Precision-Vision, La Salle, IL, USA) aloud with corrected near vision on two different electronic

Sponsors

Casa di Cura San Clemente, Fondazione Teresa Camplani, Mantova, Italy;
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - binocular visual acuity =0.8 - fluency in the Italian language - fluency in reading newspaper print size with best corrected near visual acuity - given written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - presence of severe ocular diseases - presence or evidence of neurological conditions - presence of arm or hand impairments

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Quantification of the ability to overcome the restraints of a smaller screen size, where only parts of a text are visible and navigation (e.g. scrolling, manual movements of the text) is needed, compared to a larger screen size, where the whole text is visible. Criteria, measurements involved: - standardized measured reading speed in words per minute and number of reading errors on a small portable versus large desktop video-magnifier.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- individual preference for one device or the other (portable, desktop or both) via questions and answer - search rate in the navigation task "find the crosses" in found crosses per minute

Countries

Italy

Contacts

Public ContactGianfrancesco M. Villani

Casa di Cura San Clemente, Fondazione Teresa Camplani, Mantova;

villani@riabilitazionevisiva.it+39 339 212 6179

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026