Mobile Clinic - a Cross-sectional Epidemiological Survey

Mobile Clinic- a Cross-sectional Epidemiological Survey to Investigate the Prevalence of Wet Aged-related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) in Elderly Population in Slovak Republic

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02055612

Enrollment

3278

Registered

2014-02-05

Start date

2013-03-31

Completion date

2013-07-31

Last updated

2017-03-01

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Conditions

Age Related Macular Degeneration

Keywords

wet AMD, epidemiology

Brief summary

The aim of the study is to find out prevalence of aged-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Slovak Republic. The outcome of the project will be epidemiology survey, prevalence of wet form of AMD in relation to demographic data, patient´s anamnesis, nutrition, co-morbidities etc.

Detailed description

It´s cross-sectional epidemiological survey, multi-centric, non-interventional 1. Patients will fill a questionnaire with demography data, anamnesis, risk factors. 2. Patients will be assessed by using Amsler grid. 3. Patient´s back of the eye will be examined with fundus camera (searching for long-term back of the eye changes, retina vessels, macula and surrounding tissues) by retina specialist. 4. Patient undergoes optical coherent tomography (OCT) examination (cross-section of fovea and macula) by retina specialist. The project actively screen patients with wAMD. All patients will sign an informed consent. The process of screening will be held in certain timeframe (cca. 2 months) and selected areas of Slovak Republic.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

55 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Adult patients (aged≥55 years) from selected areas in Slovak Republic 2. Patients with home base far than 35 km from the nearest center (centers: Bratislava, Nitra, Nové Zámky, Trenčín, Bojnice, Žilina, Martin, Ružomberok, Banská Bystrica, Zvolen, Poprad, Prešov, Košice, Trebišov) 3. Patient´s informed consent signed.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who do not meet the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Aged specific prevalence of aged-related macular degeneration	participants screened each day 8 hours during a 2 months period in selected areas according to protocol criteria

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Social-demography structure of patients with wAMD	participants screened each day 8 hours during a 2 months period in selected areas according to protocol criteria
Risk factors associated with wAMD (e.g. co-morbidities, nutrition effects)	participants screened each day 8 hours during a 2 months period in selected areas according to protocol criteria
Relation between home distance of the patients with wAMD from the nearest center and availability of heath care	participants screened each day 8 hours during a 2 months period in selected areas according to protocol criteria
Other eye diseases during screening process	participants screened each day 8 hours during a 2 months period in selected areas according to protocol criteria

Countries

Slovakia

Outcome results