The Role of Occupational Therapy for Improving Medication Management for Persons With AMD, DR and Glaucoma
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: occupational therapy interventions for low vision care.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Basic parameters: 50 years — 100 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Role of Occupational Therapy for Improving Medication Management for Persons With AMD, Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and Glaucoma
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if education about additional task lighting, enhanced contrast, enlarged print instructions, smart apps and organizational strategies will improve medication management skills. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does additional task lighting, enhanced contrast, enlarged print instructions, smart apps and organizational strategies improve medication management skills, reduce errors and improve functional use of remaining vision for this task? Participants will: Oftentimes, the client is unaware of these strategies which may improve occupational performance during a valued activity. Clients with AMD, DR or Glaucoma who choose to receive the one hour OT service will be provided with 1:1 education regarding the devices and strategies that may improve their ability to perform medication management skills.
Detailed description
Many clients with low vision are unaware of OT, or the services OT can provide to assist with low vision needs. Clients with AMD, DR or Glaucoma who choose to receive the one hour OT service will be provided with 1:1 education regarding the devices and strategies that may improve their ability to perform medication management skills. Clients will complete the MediCog and the Revised-Self-Report Assessment of Functional Visual Performance (R-SRAFVP) assessment tools with the assistance of the OT. These tools will inform the therapist to areas of client needs and allow for focus on intervention to support these challenges. Follow up in OT 4 weeks post intervention will allow therapist to reassess the effectiveness of interventions provided via a phone or in-person interview as well as provide the assessments again. Second set of data from these assessments will be compared to initial findings obtained.
Interventions
- Combination product occupational therapy interventions for low vision care
Occupational therapists utilize many different treatment strategies when caring for the client with low vision. Oftentimes, the client is unaware of these strategies which may improve occupational performance during a valued activity. Interventions include task lighting, organizational strategies, smart apps, contrast, enlarged print, typoscopes and electronic magnification devices.
Primary outcome measures
- Revised Self Report Assessment of Functional Visual [Time frame: Results from the Revised-Self-Report Assessment of Functional Visual Performance assessment will be determined on day 1 and 4 weeks later]
- MediCog Screening Tool [Time frame: Results from the MediCog will be determined on day 1 and will be obtained 4 weeks later]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Clients with AMD, DR or Glaucoma
- Clients who choose to participate will allow their deidentified data to be evaluated for outcomes.
Exclusion criteria
- Clients with other age related eye diseases other than AMD, DR or Glaucoma.
- Clients who do not wish to participate in this study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- MCPHS 10 Lincoln Square — Worcester
Publications
- Occupational Therapy's Role in Medication Management. Am J Occup Ther. 2017 Nov/Dec;71(Supplement_2):7112410025p1-7112410025p20. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2017.716S02. No abstract available. PMID 29309002
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06593405 · IRB-2023-2024-84