Electronic Recording of Compliance with Patching Therapy for Amblyopia.

Electronic Recording of Compliance with Patching Therapy for Amblyopia: (1) Effects of Patient Education on Compliance; (2) Predictors for Non-Compliance.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23919

Enrollment

300

Registered

2005-09-09

Start date

2001-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Amblyopia.

Interventions

Children in the intervention group received the educational cartoon story together with a calendar and reward stickers and a one-page information sheet for the parents. The cartoon was designed as a p

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. All newly diagnosed amblyopic children with an inter-ocular difference in visual acuity of at least 0.2 logMAR, strabismus and/or an anisometropia or a deprivation (e.g. cataract); 2. both genders; 3. no age limitation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Previous treatment for amblyopia; 2. neurological disorder; 3. medication; 4. other eye disorder; 5. decreased visual acuity caused by brain damage or trauma.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Percentage of compliance (realised/prescribed occlusion time) in the intervention and control group.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome measure was influence of social-economic, ethnic and clinical factors on compliance.	—

Contacts

Public ContactS.E. Loudon

Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Molewaterplein 50

seloudon@yahoo.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)