Assessment of Ability Related to Vision

Wills Eye121 enrolled

Overview

To determine the clinical usefulness of a refined third-generation instrument - The Assessment of Ability Related to Vision (AARV) in establishing the amount of disability, charting the detrimental effects of progressive disease and establishing the beneficial effects of treatment

This research study is designed to test the usefulness and repeatability of testing how much disability is caused by vision loss due to glaucoma. We are recruiting 100 patients with glaucoma and 20 healthy (have no eye disease) individuals to be enrolled in this study. The healthy study participants will be enrolled in order to describe how a healthy individual will perform on the test designed to assess one's performance when completing ten activities of daily living. Clinical testing will be conducted by binocular and monocular visual fields, contrast sensitivity and visual acuity. The NEI-VFQ 15 Quality of Life Questionnaire will be used to measure patients perception of how well they are doing.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

121

Conditions

Glaucoma

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients 18 yrs of age and older * must understand and respond to spoken English and be fully literate. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with significant neurological problems (like Parkinson's disease), motor problems (like arthritis) or other significant illnesses that may prevent them from completing the testing involved in the study (like advanced heart failure). * Patients who have received training related to low vision.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the reproducibility of AARV, and its relationship to standard clinical tests

Time frame: Day 1, 1 week, 6 months, 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

A better estimate of the reproducibility of standard clinical tests.

Time frame: Day 1, 1 week, 6 months, 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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