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Nurses Ability to Assess Visual Acuity in Geriatric Consultation

NCT03076606 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2023-09-15

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Summary

Nurses participate to geriatric evaluations for falling patients. For these patients, it is recommended to evaluate,especially, visual acuity but this is not currently done because it is difficult to systematically combine with an ophthalmologic consultation.

The HAS french recommendations propose to detect visual acuity deficiency using Monoyer and Parinaud scales, without specifying the professional qualification. According to the nurse competence decree of State Graduates, "sensory disorders" screening is a "non-vulnerable" examination, and can be performed by nurses. Therefore, they can use these scales, after training.

We propose to evaluate the correlation between visual acuity scores obtained by nurses in geriatric consultations and an ophthalmologist.

This study should include 204 patients over 65 years, who have fallen at least twice in the last 12 months. These patients will benefit from an evaluation by an ophthalmologist, after the geriatric consultation.

Conditions

  • Visual Acuity
  • Accidental Fall
  • Aging
  • Nurse's Role

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

ophthalmologist examination

ophthalmologist examination after geriatric consultation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Caen

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-20
Primary Completion
2020-05-04
Completion
2020-05-04

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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