Assessment of Adherence to Visual Correction and Occlusion Therapy in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT: Occlusion therapy throughout early childhood is believed to be efficacious in treating deprivation amblyopia but has not been rigorously assessed in clinical trials. Further, tools to assess adherence to such therapy over an extended period of time are lacking. Using data from the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study, a randomized clinical trial of treatment for unilateral congenital cataract, we examined the use of quarterly 48-hour recall interviews and annual 7-day prospective diaries to assess reported hours of patching in 114 children throughout the first 5 years of life. Consistency of data reported was assessed using correlation coefficients and intraclass correlation coefficients. Both interview and diary data showed excellent consistency with Cronbach's Alpha's ranging from 0.69 to 0.88

SUBMITTER: Drews-Botsch C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5152926 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature