Project inCharge: Increasing the Rate of Comprehensive Eye Care Utilization by Older African Americans Through Community-Based Eye Health Education Program

NCT00591110 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: X060908004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 177
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study design is a randomized intervention evaluation. Ten senior centers in predominately African American communities in the Birmingham, Alabama will be selected as sites for the educational intervention. Five centers will be randomly assigned to receive an educational intervention communicating practical information about vision, eye conditions and eye care as pertinent to the older African American population. The other five centers will serve as social-contact controls, where participants will receive an engaging information session on a non-health related topic. The primary outcome of interest is the change in percentage of persons receiving comprehensive eye care from pre- to post- intervention. The secondary outcomes are the process outcomes of improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and values about vision, eye conditions, and eye care.

Conditions

Eye Disease; Eye Care; Vision

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in the percentage of persons receiving comprehensive eye care from pre- to post- intervention

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and values about vision, eye conditions, and eye care and reduction in perceived barriers to care.

  18 months

Study Arms (2)

1

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Educational intervention communicating practical information about vision, eye conditions and eye care.

Behavioral: Eye care education

2

SHAM COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Social-contact control

Interventions

Eye care education BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive an educational intervention communicating practical information about vision, eye conditions and eye care pertinent to the older African American population

1

Social-contact control BEHAVIORAL

Participants receive an engaging informational session on a non-health related topic

2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• African Americans ages \>=60 years residing in the communities targeted for intervention or control activities

You may not qualify if:

• Persons who do not speak English, persons who are not community-dwelling.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alabama at Birmingham: lead
• Pfizer: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Owsley C, McGwin G Jr, Searcey K, Weston J, Johnson A, Stalvey BT, Liu B, Girkin CA. Effect of an eye health education program on older African Americans' eye care utilization and attitudes about eye care. J Natl Med Assoc. 2013 Spring;105(1):69-76. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30087-0.

  PMID: 23862298 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Eye Diseases

Study Officials

• Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH

  University of Alabama at Birmingham

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Nathan E. Miles Chair of Ophthalmology, Vice Chair for Clinical Research

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 21, 2007
• First Posted: January 11, 2008
• Study Start: June 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2009
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: June 28, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-06

Locations

US (1)