Development and Validation of an Internet-based Near and Intermediate-vision Reading Test

NCT ID: NCT04618224

Last Updated: 2021-02-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-02

Study Completion Date

2021-02-10

Brief Summary

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Primary objective of our study is to develop and validate an internet-based digital near and intermediate-vision reading test in the greek language.

Detailed Description

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Present study aims to develop and validate a computer-based digital near-vision reading test (web Democritus Digital Acuity Reading Test - wDDART) based on the validated digital DDART.

Specifically, present study aims to develop a new online reading test (wDDART) based on the corresponding digital DDART reading test for Windows and to evaluate the level of agreement between the two reading tests, as well as test-retest reliability of the online wDDART reading test.

The first part of the study is the development of the online reading test, which will include the following new smart features:

1. Automatic calculation of the reading time of each sentence (each logMAR)
2. Automatic calculation of the basic reading parameters - RA, MRS, CPS, ACC - immediately after the completion of the examination
3. Adjustment of the font size according to the size of the computer screen used for the examination
4. Real time calculation of the patient-screen distance through a face detection system

The second part of this study is the clinical validation of the online wDDART reading test. In this part, four reading parameters measured with the digital and the online version are compared. These parameters are the following:

1. Reading Acuity (RA)
2. Maximum Reading Speed (MRS)
3. Critical Print Size (CPS)
4. Accessibility Index (ACC) All the comparisons take place in two groups: a) a Normal Vision Group (NVG), and b) a Low Vision Group (LVG) in order to estimate the reading capacity in a population with a wide range of vision.

Conditions

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Presbyopia Refractive Errors Low Vision Near Vision Reading

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Control group

* 70 patients with normal vision (NVG) with adequate literacy of written Greek language
* 30 patients with low vision (LVG) with adequate literacy of written Greek language

These patients are tested on the digital reading test DDART.

DDART Testing

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

One randomly selected eye is included for each study participant. Participants respond to the DDART near vision test with defined environmental conditions at 40 cm viewing distance. All four parameters (RA, MRS, CPS and ACC) are evaluated.

Study group

The same patients as those in the control group (NVG, LVG) are tested on the online version of the Greek digital reading test DDART (wDDART).

wDDART Testing

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

One randomly selected eye is included for each study participant. Participants respond to the wDDART near vision test with defined environmental conditions at 40 cm viewing distance. All four parameters (RA, MRS, CPS and ACC) are evaluated.

Interventions

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DDART Testing

One randomly selected eye is included for each study participant. Participants respond to the DDART near vision test with defined environmental conditions at 40 cm viewing distance. All four parameters (RA, MRS, CPS and ACC) are evaluated.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

wDDART Testing

One randomly selected eye is included for each study participant. Participants respond to the wDDART near vision test with defined environmental conditions at 40 cm viewing distance. All four parameters (RA, MRS, CPS and ACC) are evaluated.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adequate literacy of written Greek language
* Age between 18 to 75 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Dyslexia
* Attention-deficiency
* Former diagnosis of mental and/or psychiatric diseases
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Thessaly

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Democritus University of Thrace

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Georgios Labiris

Professor (Associate) of Democritus University of Thrace

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Georgios Labiris, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Locations

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Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis

Alexandroupoli, Evros, Greece

Site Status

Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly

Lamía, Thessaly, Greece

Site Status

Countries

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Greece

References

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Labiris G, Panagiotopoulou EK, Chatzimichael E, Tzinava M, Mataftsi A, Delibasis K. Introduction of a digital near-vision reading test for normal and low vision adults: development and validation. Eye Vis (Lond). 2020 Oct 22;7:51. doi: 10.1186/s40662-020-00216-0. eCollection 2020.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 33102611 (View on PubMed)

Labiris G, Panagiotopoulou EK, Duzha E, Tzinava M, Perente A, Konstantinidis A, Delibasis K. Development and Validation of a Web-Based Reading Test for Normal and Low Vision Patients. Clin Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep 22;15:3915-3929. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S314943. eCollection 2021.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34588763 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ES13/Th29/22-10-2020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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