Evaluating App-Based Vision Testing (WHOeyes) Combined With the Questionnaire as a Substitute for One-Week Postoperative In-Clinic Follow-Up in Age-Related Cataract Patients: A Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an app-based vision testing (WHOeyes) combined with a questionnaire can recognize those who have to go back to the hospital, and thus replace the in-clinic 1-week review after an uncomplicated cataract surgery in people with senile cataract. It will also learn about the cost-effectiveness and environmental benefits of such remote follow-up pattern. Besides, the safety and user's satisfaction will also be evaluated. The main questions it aims to answer are:

For people with uncomplicated senile cataract, does 1-week clinical follow-up replaced with remote follow-up (using a vision test app and a questionnaire) not adversely affect patients' prognosis? Can this alternative approach bring greater cost-effectiveness and environmental friendliness compared to the traditional follow-up method? Researchers will compare one-week remote follow-up to a routine clinical follow-up to see if one-week remote follow-up is feasible.

Participants will:

Visit the clinic to finish routine follow-up 1 day and 1 month after cataract surgery.

Using app (WHOeyes) and a questionnaire at home or visit the clinic 1 week after cataract surgery.

Conditions

• Cataract Senile

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

WHOeyes combined with a questionnaire.

The WHOeyes app (a self-administered visual acuity testing app) plus a questionnaire (to ask the patients to go to the hospital if they ever experience ocular discomfort including eye redness, discharge, etc.) will be used for 1-week follow-up after cataract surgery, and only those with significant vision loss based on WHOeye test or with ocular discomfort are advised to return to the hospital for follow-up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University

  collaborator OTHER

• Shenzhen Eye Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

  collaborator OTHER

• Beijing Tongren Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

  collaborator OTHER

• Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

  collaborator OTHER

• Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-12-09

Primary Completion

2026-05-31

Completion

2026-06-30

Countries

• China

Study Locations