NCT04501172

Impact of Spectacles on Compliance to Mask-wearing Directives

Impact of Spectacles on Compliance to Mask-wearing Directives in Greece

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,214 (actual)
• Sponsor: Democritus University of Thrace · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Primary objective of this study is to identify the compliance of Greek people in mask-wearing directive and explore potential associations with refractive errors, spectacles and contact lenses use.

Detailed description

Present study aims to identify whether Greek people have complied with mask-wearing directive and to investigate the correlation of outcomes with visual acuity - refractive errors, spectacles and contact lenses use. For the purposes of this research, a questionnaire of 20 items including the following sub scales have been developed: a) near vision, b) distance vision, c) ocular discomfort, d) driving, e) limitations, need for help, work collaboration, and emotional impact

Conditions

• Covid19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaire completion	Participants are contacted through social networks (Facebook) which provide a link to website that contains the questionnaire. Then, they complete the questionnaire which consists of the following 2 parts: 1. participant's demographic characteristics with questions regarding age, visual acuity - refractive error, spectacles and contact lenses use, and compliance to mask-wearing directives. 2. 20 items that construct 5 subscales: a) near vision (5 items), b) distance vision (3 items), c) ocular discomfort (3 items), d) driving (2 items), e) limitations (3 items), need for help (2 items), work collaboration (1 item), and emotional impact (1 item). The impact of spectacles on the compliance of Greek people to mask-wearing directives will be assessed via this questionnaire.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-25
• Primary completion: 2020-07-24
• Completion: 2020-08-14
• First posted: 2020-08-06
• Last updated: 2020-09-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece