Effects of Contact Lens Wear on Children's Self-Perceptions

Adolescent and Child Health Initiative to Encourage Vision Empowerment (ACHIEVE) Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00522288

Acronym

ACHIEVE

Enrollment

484

Registered

2007-08-29

Start date

2003-09-30

Completion date

2007-10-31

Last updated

2011-03-21

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Conditions

Myopia

Keywords

Myopia, Self-Perception, Contact Lenses, Glasses, Randomized, Children, Self-esteem

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether contact lens wear will improve children's self-perceptions more than spectacle wear.

Detailed description

Eight to eleven year old children will be randomly assigned to wear spectacles or soft contact lenses. The children's self-perceptions will be measured at baseline and every six months. We will compare the change in self-perception between spectacle and soft contact lens wearers over three years. We will also examine the effect of how much children initially like or dislike to wear glasses on the change in self-perception over three years.

Interventions

DEVICESoft contact lenses

Daily wear soft contact lenses disposed of daily or biweekly

DEVICESpectacle

Spectacles for the treatment of myopia

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

8 Years to 11 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 1.00 to 6.00 D spherical component myopia, based on cycloplegic autorefraction * 1.00 DC or less astigmatism, based on cycloplegic autorefraction * 20/20 or better best-corrected visual acuity in each eye * Global stereoacuity of 250 seconds of arc or better based on Randot stereoacuity

Exclusion criteria

* Contact lens wear within the past month * Ocular health problems that could affect vision, eye development, or contact lens wear * Systemic health problems that could affect understanding of surveys or contact lens wear * Participation in other eye or vision studies that prescribed a treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Global Self-Worth Scale from the Self-Perception Profile for Children	3 years

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Five other scales from the Self-Perception Profile for Children	3 years
Change in cycloplegic autorefraction	3 years
Change in axial length, measured by A-scan ultrasound	3 years
Change in corneal curvature, measured by Grand Seiko WR-5100K autokeratometer	3 years
Change in Overall score from the Pediatric Refractive Error Profile	3 years

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 5, 2026