Health Coaching for Glaucoma Patients

Health Coaching for Glaucoma Patients, Pilot Study

The study will be conducted to examine the feasibility of using a Health Coach for improving the ophthalmic care of glaucoma patients. Patients taking glaucoma medications will have a coaching intervention and adherence to glaucoma drops will be monitored using a dose-recording device. The dosing data will be analyzed to examine the effect on adherence and qualitative interviews at the conclusion of the study will be used to examine which elements of the coaching experience were most helpful in the glaucoma patient population.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Glaucoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Health Coach

Detailed Description

Glaucoma medication adherence will be tracked using a dose recording device to record eye drop usage.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 9
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
      • Duke Eye Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult whose age is >18 years
• Diagnosed with glaucoma
• Patient of Duke Glaucoma Service
• Prescribed or using topical glaucoma eye medication for at least 6 months
• Primarily self-administering his or her eye drops
• English speaking
• Patient should be able to use the telephone for the coaching intervention,
• Patient should be available by phone to complete the coaching intervention
• Patient should be willing and able to use the MEMS (Medication Event Monitoring System) device for recording medication use
• Patient must be willing and able to come to the Eye Center for an exit interview and to return the MEMS device
• Patient must be able to give consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient should be excluded if he or she may need glaucoma surgery or laser during the 6 months of the study period

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Health Coach; Health Coach is conducted to see if it improves ophthalmic care for glaucoma patients.	Behavioral: Health Coach

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Glaucoma Medication Adherence	Glaucoma medication adherence will be tracked using a dose recording device to record eye drop usage. The average of the participants percentage of time they adhered to using the medication will be reported.	6 Months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Duke University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jullia Rosdahl, MD, PhD, Duke University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 14, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 14, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): March 18, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): March 14, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 17, 2016
• Last Verified: January 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Eye Diseases; Ocular Hypertension; Glaucoma
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro00052498