UK National Eye Health and Hearing Study- Phase 2 Community Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The United Kingdom National Eye Health and Hearing Study (UKNEHS) Phase 2: Community Study
IRAS ID
341742
Contact name
Rupert R A Bourne
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Anglia Ruskin University
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN26161084
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
The UK lacks prevalence data on vision and hearing impairment and its causes within the population. The UK National Eye Health and Hearing Study (UKNEHS) has been designed to provide population-based data on met and unmet need and barriers to uptake of care among those aged 50 years and older, the sector of the population most affected by sensory impairment. The UKNEHS involves a pilot study involving two phases, a survey of sensory impairment among residents within a randomly selected representative group of care homes within an Integrated Care Board (ICB; Phase 1; already in progress), and a randomly enumerated sample of people aged 50+ years from the catchment population of an Integrated Care Board. This ethics application relates to the latter. People living within their own homes will be invited to take part in a study that involves questionnaires and a physical examination to collect data relating to individuals’ personal and sociodemographic status, structural and functional aspects of sensory health and associated social, behavioural and medical factors.
REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
24/WA/0120
Date of REC Opinion
29 Apr 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion