A Randomized Trial of a Binocular iPad Game Versus Part-Time Patching in Children Aged 13 to 16 Years With Amblyopia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare visual acuity (VA) improvement in teenagers with amblyopia treated with a binocular iPad game vs part-time patching.

Methods

One hundred participants aged 13 to <17 years (mean 14.3 years) with amblyopia (20/40 to 20/200, mean ∼20/63) resulting from strabismus, anisometropia, or both were enrolled into a randomized clinical trial. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment for 16 weeks of either a binocular iPad game prescribed for 1 hour per day (n = 40) or patching of the fellow eye prescribed for 2 hours per day (n = 60). The main outcome measure was change in amblyopic eye VA from baseline to 16 weeks.

Results

Mean amblyopic eye VA improved from baseline by 3.5 letters (2-sided 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.3-5.7 letters) in the binocula

SUBMITTER: Manh VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206863 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature