WithdrawnNot Applicable

Optometric Follow-up After Cataract Surgery

Stopped: The RCT part of the study has been stopped. Due to other issues, funding, other trails and policy changes, the rct will not happen. Interviews will continue but RCT part will not.

0Started 2022-02-28

Plain-language summary

This study will investigate the effectiveness of an optometric follow up of cataract surgery versus an ophthalmic surgeon follow up. It will investigate patient satisfaction,safety and cost.

Who can participate

Age range50 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing cataract surgery in 1st or 2nd eye for age-related cataract, in the Belfast Trust and Southern Trust * Willing to participate and give informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients judged by operative surgeon to be of high risk of loss of visual acuity in the operative eye (e.g. end stage glaucoma etc.). Note that patients with ocular comorbidity and previous surgery will not be routinely excluded, nor will monocular patients. * Patients that were not referred by an optometrist.

What they're measuring

Patient Satisfaction following different follow up to cataract surgery (Opthalmic led versus optometric follow up)

Timeframe: At 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04163926

SponsorQueen's University, Belfast

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-08-30

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