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Effectiveness of Alternative Approaches to Providing Spectacles in Tanzanian Secondary School Students

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
British Council for Prevention of Blindness
Tanzanian Society for the Blind
Information provided by:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00249275
First received: November 3, 2005
Last updated: NA
Last verified: January 2004
History: No changes posted
  Purpose

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two interventions, namely providing free spectacles or only a prescription to students with insufficiently corrected or uncorrected significant refractive errors.


Condition Intervention
Under- and Uncorrected Significant Refractive Errors
 Device: spectacles

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Alternative Approaches to Providing Spectacles in Secondary School Students in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

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Further study details as provided by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • The proportion of students who had been given/prescribed spectacles who were wearing spectacles 3 and 6 months later

Estimated Enrollment: 250
Study Start Date: January 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date: August 2004
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  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • clinical diagnosis of un- or undercorrected significant refractive error
  • form 1 student in participating secondary schools

Exclusion Criteria:

  • presenting VA of 6/12 or better in both eyes and no hyperopia of +2D or higher
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00249275

Locations
Tanzania
Secondary Schools
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sponsors and Collaborators
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
British Council for Prevention of Blindness
Tanzanian Society for the Blind
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Clare Gilbert, Reader London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00249275     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: ITCRBY79
Study First Received: November 3, 2005
Last Updated: November 3, 2005
Health Authority: Tanzania: National Institute for Medical Research

Keywords provided by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:
significant refractive errors
children
spectacles
Africa

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Refractive Errors
Eye Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013