Modernising the low vision clinic: the utility of a trained low vision support worker

ISRCTN	ISRCTN05434212
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN05434212
Protocol serial number	CROM1005
Sponsor	Moorfields Eye Hospital (UK)
Funder	Special Trustees of Moorfields Eye Hospital (UK)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Prof Michael Crossland
Scientific

Moorfields Eye Hospital
London
EC1V 2PD
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Prospective, randomised, single-blind controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study acronym	ModLow
Study objectives	Consultation with a trained low vision support worker (in addition to a standard low vision clinic appointment) will improve patients' self-reported vision related quality of life.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics approval received from the Moorfields Eye Hospital ethics committee (ref: CROM1005).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Visual impairment
Intervention	Arm one (intervention): a further one-hour appointment with a trained low vision support worker, to review the use of low vision devices, access to local services, aspects of daily living and to become a named contact for patients Arm two (control): a one-hour well-person check with a nurse comprising height measurement, weight measurement, blood pressure measurement, lifestyle advice and health advice
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Vision related task difficulty, as assessed using the Activity Inventory scale (AI), a rigorous validated quality-of-life instrument administered as a telephone questionnaire.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Vision related task importance (also assessed on the AI).
Completion date	30/06/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	160
Key inclusion criteria	Patients with visual impairment referred into the low vision clinic at the St George's outreach clinic, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Visual impairment can be classed as: 1. Age-related macular disease 2. Glaucoma 3. Cataract 4. Retinitis pigmentosa 5. Juvenile macular diseases 6. Optic neuritis 7. Other causes of visual impairment
Key exclusion criteria	1. Those living in residential care homes 2. Those with good vision inappropriately referred to the low vision clinic 3. Those unable to perform a telephone-based interview
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2006
Date of final enrolment	30/06/2007

Moorfields Eye Hospital

London
EC1V 2PD
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	Results	01/01/2011		Yes	No
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes