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Improving eye care in residential aged care facilities using the Residential Ocular Care (ROC) model: study protocol for a multicentered, prospective, customized, and cluster randomized controlled trial in Australia.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Older adults in residential aged care facilities have unnecessarily high levels of vision impairment (VI) which are largely treatable or correctable. However, no current comprehensive eye health service model exists in this setting in Australia. We aimed to determine the clinical, person-centered, and economic effectiveness of a novel eye care model, the Residential Ocular Care (ROC). METHODS/DESIGN:This protocol describes a multicentered, prospective, randomized controlled trial. A total of 395 participants with distance vision

SUBMITTER: Holloway EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6260871 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Improving eye care in residential aged care facilities using the Residential Ocular Care (ROC) model: study protocol for a multicentered, prospective, customized, and cluster randomized controlled trial in Australia.

Holloway Edith E EE   Constantinou Marios M   Xie Jing J   Fenwick Eva K EK   Finkelstein Eric A EA   Man Ryan E K REK   Coote Michael M   Jackson Jonathan J   Rees Gwyn G   Lamoureux Ecosse L EL  

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<h4>Background</h4>Older adults in residential aged care facilities have unnecessarily high levels of vision impairment (VI) which are largely treatable or correctable. However, no current comprehensive eye health service model exists in this setting in Australia. We aimed to determine the clinical, person-centered, and economic effectiveness of a novel eye care model, the Residential Ocular Care (ROC).<h4>Methods/design</h4>This protocol describes a multicentered, prospective, randomized contro  ...[more]

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