Will Listening to Music Make it Easier to Take a Visual Field Test?

NCT01027039 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 07-829E
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if there is a difference between glaucoma patients having background music and not having background music before visual field testing.

Conditions

Glaucoma

Keywords

primary open angle glaucoma; pigmentary glaucoma; exfoliative glaucoma; angle closure glaucoma; low tension glaucoma

Study Arms (3)

Patients using noise-reducing headphones

Patients using noise-reducing headphones

Patients using no headphones

Patients using no headphones

Patients using headphones with music

Patients using headphones with music

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

glaucoma service

You may qualify if:

• Age range: 40-80 years
• Best corrected visual acuity: 20/50 or better in both eyes
• Experienced visual field test takers only: Patient has taken at least 2 prior visual field tests
• Mean defect values: MD no greater than 15
• Reliability on prior visual field indices must each be less than or equal to 40%
• Glaucoma type: Open angle glaucoma (including primary open angle glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma and exfoliative glaucoma) angle closure glaucoma and low tension glaucoma
• Visual field testing program: Humphrey 24-2 Sita Standard
• Number of eyes per patient: Both (2) eyes will be tested for each subject

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with other ocular disease affecting central vision other than mild- moderate nuclear sclerosis (i.e. patients with macular scar, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, etc.)
• Systemic conditions affecting ability to take HVF (i.e. dementia, CVA, severe arthritis, etc.)
• Any visual field taken that is not the Humphrey 24-2 SITA Standard field will not be acceptable

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wills Eye: lead

Study Sites (1)

Wills Eye Glaucoma Service

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Shue B, Chatterjee A, Fudemberg S, Katz LJ, Moster MR, Navarro MJ, Pro M, Schmidt C, Spaeth GL, Stirbu O, Yalcin A, Myers JS. The effects of Mozart's music on the performance of glaucoma patients on automated perimetry. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Sep 21;52(10):7347-9. doi: 10.1167/iovs.11-7430.

  PMID: 21828156 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Glaucoma; Glaucoma, Open-Angle; Glaucoma, Angle-Closure; Low Tension Glaucoma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Ocular Hypertension; Eye Diseases; Optic Nerve Diseases

Study Officials

• Jonathan Myers

  Wills Eye

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Attending Surgeon

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 4, 2009
• First Posted: December 7, 2009
• Study Start: June 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2009
• Study Completion: September 1, 2009
• Last Updated: November 10, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

US (1)