N/A
N=2,001
Presbyopia Screening by Community Health Worker in Bangladesh
Presbyopia
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03001258 ↗Enrolled (actual)
2,001
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Apr 2017
Primary outcome: Primary: Screening Accuracy — 76.9; 75.7; 58.1; 78.3 percentage of cases
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Presbyopia screening training (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 35+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Brac
- Primary completion
- Jun 2015
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Screening Accuracy |
76.9; 75.7; 58.1; 78.3; 67.0; 69.3 | — |
Summary
Demand in near vision correction in the community exist in the Bangladesh with a thin presence of eye- care. This study aimed to test the skill of BRAC service-providers in identifying presbyopia-cases, to ensure frequent services, meeting the community need. This was non-inferiority equivalence randomized intervention trial, done during February-June 2015, in six randomly selected sub-districts, where 2059 camp-patients were screened. BRAC Health-cadres; program organizers (PO), upgraded shasthya- shebikas (USS) and shasthya- shebikas (SS), were assigned to three different arms consisting two sub-districts through permuted-block randomization.105 eye-camps were organized with minimum 500 sample per arm. Sensitivity and specificity was calculated to understand screening performance. Screening reports were matched with the gold standard by recruiting refractionists.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Aged 35 or more and have problem seeing close objects
Exclusion Criteria
- Individuals having diagnosed eye diseases that require regular treatment and was not willing to participate in the study were excluded
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03001258). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.