Slashing Two-wheeled Accidents by Leveraging Eyecare (STABLE)
Myopia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Myopia focused on measuring crash events, near-crash events, myopia, motorcycle drivers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion criteria for DAS fitting
Students from selected universities will be eligible to participate if they:
- are aged 18 to 25 years
- have at least one year or more years of driving experience
- are the sole user of their motorcycle
- use their motorcycle as their primary means of transport
- drive at least 50 km per week (self-report)
- hold a valid driving license if their motorcycle has an engine capacity >50cc
Inclusion criteria for assignment to Intervention group
Participants will be eligible for assignment to transition into the intervention group if, during the STABLE clinical examination, they are found to have:
- presenting distance visual acuity < 6/12 in the better-seeing eye due to un- or under-corrected myopia,
- vision correctable to 6/7.5 or better in both eyes
- at least 0.5 Dioptre of myopia
Exclusion Criteria:
Individuals with any ocular or systemic abnormalities affecting vision will be ineligible to participate.
Sites / Locations
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Free eye glasses for un or under-corrected myopia
Control-No treatment
Free eyeglasses for the correction of uncorrected myopia will be provided to participants at the time of enrolment into the intervention group.
Participants in the control period will not have glasses but the SW-CRT design means that all trial participants with uncorrected myopia will receive free glasses by the trials' completion, and no participant will have glasses withheld after being diagnosed with un- or under-corrected myopia.