H40
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Glaucoma patients receive a 6-week exploration training consisting of a repetitive search task on the computer screen: The patient receives instruction and can then practice independently at
Sponsors
Forschungseinheit für Visuelle Rehabilitation, Department für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients with incipient glaucoma who have low-grade relative (lowest luminance class) glaucomatous visual field loss and patients with advanced glaucoma with high-grade visual field loss: binocular overlapping absolute or high-grade relative (highest and second highest luminance class) glaucomatous visual field loss in the 30 degree range - Visual acuity in the better eye >= 0.4 - Able to consent - User is familiar with the operation of a computer - User is able to operate a computer mouse - Inpatient and / or outpatient treatment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Other ocular disease except minor cataract and incipient dry macular degeneration (visual acuity < 0.4). - Other visual field loss not due to glaucoma - Lack of ability to cooperate - Planned eye surgery within the next 6 weeks - Acute, not yet healed Z. n. eye surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in computer and table test reaction times and improvement in quality of life after completion of training. - Clinical improvement/medical benefit, measured by o Improvement of reaction times (absolute and percentage, at least 8%) or o Achievement of normal times (2 seconds per search object) o Change in reaction time compared to baseline - Significant clinically relevant difference between training groups - Positive care effects in the area of adherence as well as coping with disease-related difficulties in daily life - Improvement in quality of life in the questionnaires before and after training - Determination of normal values on the computer or, if necessary, recording of earlier (preclinical) prolongation of reaction times | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Acceptance, problems encountered, effects subjectively perceived by patients -No adverse events related to the training program | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactSusanne Trauzettel-Klosinski
Forschungseinheit für Visuelle Rehabilitation, Department für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Outcome results
None listed