The project has four primary objectives: 1) Determine if blind rehabilitation improves the quality of life of legally blind veterans; 2) Determine the relationship between quality of life and visual function; 3) Determine if factors, such as cognitive status, level of depression, age and the presence of additional medical conditions besides vision loss, intervention of blind rehabilitation extends beyond the visually impaired individual and improve the quality of life of their primary caregiver (e.g. spouse, partner, family member or friend.)

Condition	Treatment or Intervention	Phase
Blindness	Procedure: Blindness	Phase II

Further Study Details: 

Expected Total Enrollment:  300

Ages Eligible for Study:  18 Years and above,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Criteria

Visually impaired

Alabama
      VAMC, Birmingham, Birmingham,  Alabama,  United States

Study chairs or principal investigators

John Fryer, Ph.D., Asst. Director,  Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service   
Nancy Rocheleau, Program Analyst,  Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service   

Study ID Numbers:  C1998
Record last reviewed:  January 2001
Last Updated:  October 13, 2004
Record first received:  March 14, 2001
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00013403
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08