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Guangdong Uptake of Surgery Trial

NCT01123928 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 434

Last updated 2012-02-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is:

1. To determine whether an educational intervention designed based on studies in the area is effective in increasing acceptance of surgery and presentation to the hospital, when adjusting for a number of potential determinants of service uptake;
2. To assess short-term impact of the educational intervention on knowledge about cataract and attitudes toward locally-available surgical services.

Conditions

  • Cataract

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Video and counseling for cataract patients

Intervention includes: (1) a 5-10 min video consisting of testimony from a previous cataract patient and a doctor; (2) a 10-15 min pre-operative counseling session with a trained nurse, and (3) a 5 min post-operative counseling session with a trained nurse.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swarthmore College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Helen Keller International

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sun Yat-sen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nathan Congdon, MD, MPH · Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

  • Mingguang He, PHD, MPH · Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

  • David Friedman, MD, MPH · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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