Clinical trial NCT06971588: The Role of Music in Enhancing Attention During Visual Field Exams for Pediatric Glaucoma Patients
Official title: The Role of Music in Enhancing Attention During Visual Field Exams for Pediatric Glaucoma Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Glaucoma
Keywords: Pediatric
Glaucoma
Music
Research
Ophthalmology
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-14
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: The study will involve the child being randomized to a control and experimental group, and about 2 weeks after the initial test, they will be asked to come in and take part in the alternate study group. During the control visit, the child will take the visual field exam as they would in their routine care.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The goal of the study is to see if the use of music improves attention during visual field exams for pediatric glaucoma patients.

Detailed description: This study aims to determine if music can be used as an intervention to improve attention and quality of results in pediatric glaucoma patients taking visual field exams. The investigators also want to determine the most effective method and type of music by which it can be implemented into the test to improve patient experience and results. If there is an improvement, it will benefit the patient and the provider in administering the test and the utility of the results.

To that end, patients between the ages of 8-17 with Glaucoma or glaucoma suspect diagnosis will be recruited from the clinic with consent from their parents and assent from the patient to participate in the study. They will come in on two scheduled dates after being randomized to either a control or experimental group. On the first date, the participants assigned to the control group will complete the Visual Field Exams (VFE) without music, and the experimental group will listen to music and complete a pre and posttest survey regarding test taking experience. On the second date, the groups will switch and the participant will complete the other part of the study. Results will then be analyzed and compared between the groups and previous results.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Glaucoma or glaucoma suspect

Exclusion Criteria:

* Post operative patient
* Non English speaking

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of False Positives On VFE
timeFrame: Baseline, Follow-up visit up to 4 weeks
measure: Number of False Negatives On VFE
timeFrame: Baseline, Follow-up visit up to 4 weeks
measure: Number of Fixation Losses on VFE
timeFrame: Baseline, Follow-up visit up to 4 weeks
measure: Test Duration (minutes) On VFE
timeFrame: Baseline, Follow-up visit up to 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bethesda
country: United States
facility: Wilmer Eye Institute
state: Maryland
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Courtney Kraus, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Muralidharan S, Ichhpujani P, Bhartiya S, Singh RB. Eye-tunes: role of music in ophthalmology and vision sciences. Ther Adv Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep 2;13:25158414211040890. doi: 10.1177/25158414211040890. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.
citation: Blood AJ, Zatorre RJ. Intensely pleasurable responses to music correlate with activity in brain regions implicated in reward and emotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Sep 25;98(20):11818-23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.191355898.