Beacon Sensors and Telerehabilitation to Assess and Improve Use of Devices (BeST-AID) for Low Vision

Обзор

One goal of this research is to conduct a non-inferiority trial of telerehabilitation versus in-office care to provide follow-up training to individuals with low vision to enhance their quality of life by using magnification devices and/or visual assistive mobile apps for important daily activities, such as reading and/or other valued tasks. This is a high priority given the increasing prevalence of low vision, paucity of low vision rehabilitation providers, and barriers related to access to care, such as transportation and geography, which can be essentially eliminated with telerehabilitation. Another goal of this project is to determine whether significant changes in environmental data collected by Bluetooth low energy beacon sensors can be used as a solution to monitor and indicate when low vision patients' have abandoned the use of their magnification devices, which has the potential to substantially enhance patient management by providing timely low vision rehabilitation services.

Вмешательства

• Поведенческое Low Vision Rehabilitation
  Evaluation and training with magnification or visual assistive devices for visually-impaired adults

Первичные конечные точки

• Activity Inventory [Срок оценки: changes from 1 month to 4 months to 8 months to 12 months to 13 months after receiving a magnification device]

Вторичные конечные точки (7)

• MNread [Срок оценки: baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months]
• Sustained Silent Reading Test [Срок оценки: baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months]
• International Reading Speed Text (IReST) [Срок оценки: baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months]
• Radner Reading Charts [Срок оценки: baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months]
• Vision rehabilitation satisfaction survey [Срок оценки: after each session that will occur over a period of 1 to 8 months and and again at about 1 year]
• Informant surveys by close acquaintances of participants [Срок оценки: 4 months, 8 months, 12 months, 13 months]
• Adherence to hand-held optical magnifier use (frequency and duration) [Срок оценки: baseline to 13 months]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• adults with any level of vision loss due to any ocular disease who are age 18 and older, and who have received new magnification device(s) for the first time (i.e., hand-held optical magnifiers, portable electronic video magnifiers, high near add powers of +4.00 or greater, visual assistive mobile apps for their smartphone/tablet, some stand magnifiers and CCTVs) from one of our participating low vision rehabilitation sites at the four academic centers and one private practice.

Критерии исключения

• schedules not permitting participation in planned study visits (including planning to move far from their clinical provider's office within the first 4-months of the study (i.e., cannot attend in-office visits) or take extended vacation that would not allow them to complete study procedures during the first four months of the study period),
• inability to understand study procedures or communicate responses to visual stimuli in a consistent manner (greater than mild cognitive impairment as per TICS),
• substance abuse,
• significant hearing loss (unable to hear communication by phone or via videoconferencing),
• significant medical condition likely to limit participation or lifespan,
• individuals who require other types of LVR training or intervention (e.g., psychosocial).
• For Bluetooth low energy beacon sensors, exclusion would occur if their magnifier device has features that would not work in conjunction with the beacon sensors: (1) hands-free and do not have a place where the patient's hand is holding the device during use (therefore, they would not register a significant change in temperature), (2) no surface area of at least 1"x1" to which the beacon sensor could be attached without interfering with the device, or (3) use of visual assistive mobile apps only.

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Простое слепое

Основная цель

Лечение

Центры проведения

США · 9 центров

• Southern Califonia College of Optometry — Fullerton
• Chan Family Optometry — Grass Valley
• UCLA Stein Eye Institute — Los Angeles
• Frank Stein & Paul S. May Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation at The Eye Institute — San Francisco
• See What You Miss Optometry — Santa Monica
• New England College of Optometry — Boston
• Boston University Eye Associates, Inc. — Brockton
• Mid-Michigan Eye Care — Midland
• … и ещё 1 центр

Публикации

• Bittner AK, Yoshinaga PD, Rittiphairoj T, Li T. Telerehabilitation for people with low vision. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Jan 13;1(1):CD011019. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011019.pub4. PMID 36637057
• Malkin AG, Ross NC, Chun MW, Bittner AK; CARE Study Team. Why Are Visual Assistive Mobile Applications Underused by Low Vision Patients? Optom Vis Sci. 2022 Apr 1;99(4):333-334. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001893. No abstract available. PMID 35213868
• Kaminski JE, Yoshinaga PD, Chun MW, Yu M, Shepherd JD, Chan TL, Deemer A, Bittner AK; BeST-AID Study Team. Value of Handheld Optical Illuminated Magnifiers for Sustained Silent Reading by Visually Impaired Adults. Optom Vis Sci. 2023 May 1;100(5):312-318. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000002013. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PMID 36951854
• Bittner AK, Kaminski JE, Ross NC, Shepherd JD, Thoene SJ, Bui SZ, Yoshinaga PD; BeST-AID Study Team. Telerehabilitation Training to Facilitate Improved Reading Ability with New Magnification Devices for Low Vision. Optom Vis Sci. 2022 Oct 1;99(10):743-749. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001944. Epub 2022 Sep 6. PMID 36067410
• Bittner AK, Yoshinaga PD, Shepherd JD, Kaminski JE, Malkin AG, Chun MW, Chan TL, Deemer AD, Ross NC; BeST-AID Study Team. Acceptability of Telerehabilitation for Magnification Devices for the Visually Impaired Using Various Approaches to Facilitate Accessibility. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 Aug 1;11(8):4. doi: 10.1167/tvst.11.8.4. PMID 35917136
• Bittner AK, Estabrook M, Dennis N. Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon Sensors to Document Handheld Magnifier Use at Home by People with Low Vision. Sensors (Basel). 2021 Oct 25;21(21):7065. doi: 10.3390/s21217065. PMID 34770374
• Bittner AK, Yoshinaga P, Bowers A, Shepherd JD, Succar T, Ross NC. Feasibility of Telerehabilitation for Low Vision: Satisfaction Ratings by Providers and Patients. Optom Vis Sci. 2018 Sep;95(9):865-872. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001260. PMID 30169361
• Bittner AK, Jacobson AJ, Khan R. Feasibility of Using Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon Sensors to Detect Magnifier Usage by Low Vision Patients. Optom Vis Sci. 2018 Sep;95(9):844-851. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001266. PMID 30169359

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT06107881 · BeST-AID 2.0

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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