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Home visit-based visual rehabilitation intervention

Home visit-based visual rehabilitation intervention has been studied in 1 paper since 2016: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, Dec 1, 2016: “Effect of a Home Visit-Based Low Vision Rehabilitation Intervention on Visual Function Outcomes: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial”.

Intervention

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“with a significantly greater improvement demonstrated by the intervention group (95% confidence interval, 0.33-0.68 logits, P = 0.031), with a moderate effect size (0.55).”
Effect of a Home Visit-Based Low Vision Rehabilitation Intervention on Visual Function Outcomes: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled TrialInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2016doi:10.1167/iovs.16-19901

None of its findings points the other way.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Human trial1

Studies in people

1 study gave home visit-based visual rehabilitation intervention to people and measured what changed.

  • up: Improves visual function95% CI 0.33-0.68 logits, d = 0.55

    no change: Has no effect on mental health and quality of life

    Randomized trial67 people75.22 ± 16.21 years6 months

    Older adults; low vision

    Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, Dec 1, 2016

What did studies of Home visit-based visual rehabilitation intervention find?

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Studies of Home visit-based visual rehabilitation intervention measured 2 outcomes; the most studied are mental health and quality of life (1 study) and visual function (1).

Mental health and quality of life

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Home visit-based visual rehabilitation intervention has no effect on mental health and quality of life in humans.

    “Secondary outcomes did not indicate any statistically significant differences between groups.”

    Human triallow vision6 monthsn = 67

    Effect of a Home Visit-Based Low Vision Rehabilitation Intervention on Visual Function Outcomes: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial

    Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

Visual function

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Home visit-based visual rehabilitation intervention improves visual function in humans (95% CI 0.33-0.68 logits, d = 0.55).

    “with a significantly greater improvement demonstrated by the intervention group (95% confidence interval, 0.33-0.68 logits, P = 0.031), with a moderate effect size (0.55).”

    Human triallow vision6 monthsn = 67

    Effect of a Home Visit-Based Low Vision Rehabilitation Intervention on Visual Function Outcomes: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial

    Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

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