SN(vision): Unmet Needs, Barriers and Facilitators to Vision Services for Children and Adolescents With Special Vision Care Needs: A Mixed-Model Design Study

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)

Overall Status

Not yet recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05921240

Collaborator

(none)

330

Enrollment

22.4

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Children and adolescents with special needs, compared to those with general development, have a much higher incidence of visual impairments (10.5% vs. 0.16%). This project will focus on "children and adolescents with special visual care needs", comprehensively exploring their unmet needs in ophthalmology and visual care, as well as the obstacles and facilitators they may encounter in the process of seeking ophthalmic services.

The purposes of this study will investigate the current needs of children and adolescents with special visual care needs in ophthalmology and visual medical services, and the obstacles and potential facilitators encountered by children and adolescents with special visual care needs in the process of obtaining ophthalmology and visual medical services.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Vision Disorders	Other: observational study, no intervention

Detailed Description

The research will center on children and adolescents with special visual needs and explore the research questions from various stakeholders' perspectives, including parents, special education teachers and experts, healthcare professionals, workers from related NGOs and government units. A mixed-methods research approach will be used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. After data analysis, a comparison and interpretation between the two results will be conducted to obtain the final research outcomes.

Quantitative research: Two-part questionnaire. The first part collects background information, and the second part is a "Needs and Difficulties Survey", framed by Levesque et al.'s conceptual framework of access to healthcare.
Qualitative research: The first part consists of semi-structured in-depth interviews, and the second part uses the focus group method. Both parts will use a common interview guideline and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, Child & Youth Version (ICF-CY) as the theoretical framework.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

330 participants

Observational Model:

Case-Only

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Special Needs (Vision)

Anticipated Study Start Date :

Jun 20, 2023

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

May 1, 2024

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

May 1, 2025

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

qualitative data analysis [3 weeks]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

19 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Able to read, understand, and fill out questionnaires in Chinese
Able to conduct interviews in Chinese

Exclusion Criteria:

The special needs children or adolescents they have taught do not have specific visual needs, hence they cannot provide relevant information.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

National Taiwan University Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05921240

Other Study ID Numbers:

202305123RIND

First Posted:

Jun 27, 2023

Last Update Posted:

Jun 27, 2023

Last Verified:

May 1, 2023

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Vision Disorders

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 27, 2023