Interest in Electronic Applications for Patients With Glaucoma

NCT02659709 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 14-413E
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To evaluation interest in use of smartphone- and tablet-based application (app) for participants with glaucoma, ocular hypertension, those at risk and their caregivers.

Conditions

Glaucoma

Keywords

Glaucoma; Smartphone; Tablet; Application; Eye Drops

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Patients Owning Smartphone/Tablet Technology

  Responses collected from participants about owning access to social media via smartphone or tablet technology obtained by completing a 20 item questionnaire.

  1 hour

• Patients Having Access to Social Media Via Smartphone or Tablet in the Home

  Responses collected from participants about their personal access, through other members in the home, to social media via smartphone or tablet technology obtained by completing a 20 item questionnaire.

  1 hour

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Glaucoma Medication Compliance

  1 hour

• Use of Medication Reminder

  1 hour

Study Arms (1)

Glaucoma Patients and Caregivers

Glaucoma patients and caregivers will complete a 20 item questionnaire providing demographic information, glaucoma eye drop compliance, interest in medication reminders, availability to smartphone, tablet and social media technology and interest in using a glaucoma application on social media.

Device: Interest in medical education through social media

Interventions

Interest in medical education through social media DEVICE

Measuring interest in social media technology designed to educate glaucoma patients about disease, testing, and treatments with reminders for taking medications.

Also known as: Glaucoma App Interest

Glaucoma Patients and Caregivers

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Glaucoma patients or care givers

You may qualify if:

• Anyone affected by glaucoma
• Family and friends of someone with glaucoma

You may not qualify if:

• unable to complete survey

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wills Eye: lead

Study Sites (1)

Wills Eye Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Waisbourd M, Dhami H, Zhou C, Hsieh M, Abichandani P, Pro MJ, Moster MR, Katz LJ, Hark LA, Myers JS. The Wills Eye Glaucoma App: Interest of Patients and Their Caregivers in a Smartphone-based and Tablet-based Glaucoma Application. J Glaucoma. 2016 Sep;25(9):e787-91. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000504.

  PMID: 27552513 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Glaucoma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Ocular Hypertension; Eye Diseases

Limitations and Caveats

Participants were recruited from single urban eye care hospital. Results did not distinguish between glaucoma patients and caregivers. Participation did not include testing of the application.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Jonathan S. Myers
• Organization: Wills Eye Hospital, Glaucoma Service

jmyers@willseye.org

215-928-3197

Study Officials

• Jonathan S Myers, MD

  Wills Eye Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 6, 2015
• First Posted: January 20, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2016
• Study Completion: October 1, 2016
• Last Updated: August 5, 2019
• Results First Posted: August 5, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)