Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating an Incentive-based Community Eye-care Programme

NCT03264885 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: R1102/4/2014
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Elderly with visual impairment (VI) who undergo community eye screening often do not attend tertiary follow-up even if significant eye diseases are detected. Investigators evaluate an incentive-care scheme (ICS) to improve the attendance rates of tertiary eye-care visits of participants following community eye screening.

Conditions

Visual Impairment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Compliance to Tertiary Care Follow-up

  Percentage of participants who attended follow-up

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Visual Acuity

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Usual Care

NO INTERVENTION

The usual stand of care (UC) after community eye screening was to provide a GP referral letter and advice to attend a tertiary eye care facility most accessible to them

Incentive Care

OTHER

In addition to the UC, those assigned to the ICS also received social and financial support to incentivise and improve compliance. All ICS participants were assisted with scheduling their tertiary care appointments, given telephone reminders, provided once-off transportation allowance and subsidy for their first tertiary eye-care consultation - while participants with mobility issues were assisted by volunteers.

Other: Incentive Care

Interventions

Incentive Care OTHER

ICS is a novel intervention that incorporates patient education, social support, and financial assistance to assist individuals.

Incentive Care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• the ability to speak English and/or Mandarin, have adequate hearing with/without hearing aids to respond to normal conversation, not currently undergoing regular assessment/care with an ophthalmologist (at least yearly), have the ability to undergo visual acuity testing and provide reliable results, and visual acuity of 6/12 or worse in either eye after best correction

You may not qualify if:

• refused informed consent and any other contraindication(s) as indicated by the general practitioner responsible for the participant

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Singapore National Eye Centre: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Vision Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Eye Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Marcus Ang

  SNEC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2017
• First Posted: August 29, 2017
• Study Start: January 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2017
• Study Completion: January 1, 2018
• Last Updated: September 26, 2019

Record last verified: 2017-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share