NCT06107881

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

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 350 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Low Vision
• Low Vision Aids

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Low Vision Rehabilitation	Evaluation and training with magnification or visual assistive devices for visually-impaired adults

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-15
• Primary completion: 2028-06-30
• Completion: 2028-06-30
• First posted: 2023-10-30
• Last updated: 2025-09-23

Locations

9 sites across 1 country: United States