NCT02659709

Interest in Electronic Applications for Patients With Glaucoma

Interest of Patients and Their Caregivers in A Smartphone- and Tablet-Based Application for Patients With Glaucoma

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wills Eye · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Detailed description

This study is designed to determine the amount of interest in an educational application (app) on social media for glaucoma patients and their caregivers. The purpose of this App is to enhance understanding of glaucoma by using short video tutorials. The App will include glaucoma eye drop medication reminders, a short video tutorial which aims to improve understanding of how visual field testing should be performed, how to administer eye drops and a feature that will enable participants to store and organize testing results using a mobile device.

Conditions

• Glaucoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Interest in medical education through social media	Measuring interest in social media technology designed to educate glaucoma patients about disease, testing, and treatments with reminders for taking medications.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-10-01
• Completion: 2016-10-01
• First posted: 2016-01-20
• Last updated: 2019-08-05
• Results posted: 2019-08-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States