Nationwide survey of prosthetic eye users
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A nationwide survey of prosthetic eye users:a collaborative study with all NHS ocular prosthetic service providers.
IRAS ID
218611
Contact name
Raman Malhotra
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Queen Victoria Hospital Research and Development Dept
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Purpose: People who wear an ocular prosthesis often suffer with dry eye symptoms. Up to 90% will also complain of socket discharge, many of whom on a daily basis. No literature exists on their quality life post eye loss or adapting to monocular vision. Psychometric questions from the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire, investigate the patient’s quality of life, how the loss of an eye has impacted on patients’ well-being.
Subjects: Questionnaires will be available in all NHS clinic waiting rooms for patients over the age of 18. No address details will be asked or recorded. All finished questionnaires will be posted in a secure box, then collected and/or posted to one central location. A numerical identifier on each questionnaire will be allocated on receipt of each questionnaire at the research office. No specific data will be recorded as to the presentation of any patient. Each respondent will be analysed purely on the data on the form. Data ownership remains the property of all NHS organisations.
Methods: Participants receive a questionnaire covering aetiology, length of prosthetic eye use, length of eye wear, age of prosthesis, cleaning regime, lubricant use, inflammation, comfort and discharge. Lower scores relate to a better-tolerated prosthesis. Is there an association between deposit build up, frequency of ocular polish, to socket discharge and dry eye symptoms? A series of quality of life questions probe the effects of monocular vision on day-to-day activities, hobbies, driving and how each patient regards their own general health after the loss of an eye.
This study would be undertaken over a period of 2 years in different clinics.REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1
REC reference
17/ES/0010
Date of REC Opinion
21 Feb 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion