Improving function in age-related macular degeneration: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the efficacy of problem-solving therapy (PST) with supportive therapy (ST) to improve targeted vision function (TVF) in age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Design

Single-masked, attention-controlled, randomized clinical trial with outcome assessments at 3 months (main trial endpoint) and 6 months (maintenance effects).

Participants

Patients with AMD (n = 241) attending retina practices.

Interventions

Whereas PST uses a structured problem-solving approach to reduce vision-related task difficulty, ST is a standardized attention-control treatment.

Main outcome measures

We assessed TVF, the 25-item National Eye Institute Vision Function Questionnaire plus Supplement (NEI VFQ), the Activities Inventory (AI), and vision-related quality o

SUBMITTER: Rovner BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3737407 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature