Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare the effect of amblyopia therapy on cases who received interactive binocular treatment (I-BiT™) with those who received standard patching of the dominant eye with placebo I-BiT™. METHODS: In this randomized clinical trial, 38 unilateral amblyopic children (3-10 years old) were studied. All unilateral amblyopic children who had best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) worse than 0.30 logMAR or a difference of two Snellen lines of BCVA between their two eyes were included, and children who did not complete at least 75% of amblyopia treatment were excluded from this study. Eventually, a total of 19 and 21 subjects were included in case and control groups, respectively. Cases played I-BiT™ games, while controls had standard patch therapy and played with placebo I-BiT™ games, both for one month. All subjects were examined at baseline and after one-month therapy. RESULTS: < 0.001), there was no significant difference between them pre and post-therapy. Our children played games for about 6 h total during one month in both groups, and their compliance was 87.5% and 76% in cases and controls, respectively. Two children were excluded due to their lower compliance of playing I-BiT™ games (n = 38). CONCLUSIONS: I-BiT™ game and patching with placebo game had similar BCVA improvement in amblyopic children after one-month treatment. It is suggested to conduct further randomized clinical trials with a larger sample size and longer duration of study and assessment of its recurrence.
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- DOI
- 10.1016/j.joco.2019.07.004
- Journal
- Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 31(4), 426-431
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
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- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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APA 7
Rajavi, Z., Sabbaghi, H., Sharifi, E. A., Behradfar, N., & Kheiri, B. (2019). Comparison between patching and interactive binocular treatment in amblyopia: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 31(4), 426-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joco.2019.07.004
MLA 9
Rajavi, Zhale, et al. "Comparison between patching and interactive binocular treatment in amblyopia: A randomized clinical trial." Journal of Current Ophthalmology, vol. 31, no. 4, 2019, pp. 426-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joco.2019.07.004.
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Rajavi, Zhale, Hamideh Sabbaghi, Ebrahim Amini Sharifi, Narges Behradfar, and Bahareh Kheiri. 2019. "Comparison between patching and interactive binocular treatment in amblyopia: A randomized clinical trial." Journal of Current Ophthalmology 31 (4): 426-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joco.2019.07.004.
Harvard
Rajavi, Z., Sabbaghi, H., Sharifi, E. A., Behradfar, N. and Kheiri, B. (2019) 'Comparison between patching and interactive binocular treatment in amblyopia: A randomized clinical trial', Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 31(4), pp. 426-431. doi:10.1016/j.joco.2019.07.004.
Vancouver
Rajavi Z, Sabbaghi H, Sharifi EA, Behradfar N, Kheiri B. Comparison between patching and interactive binocular treatment in amblyopia: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Current Ophthalmology. 2019;31(4):426-431. doi:10.1016/j.joco.2019.07.004
IEEE
Z. Rajavi, H. Sabbaghi, E. A. Sharifi, N. Behradfar, and B. Kheiri, "Comparison between patching and interactive binocular treatment in amblyopia: A randomized clinical trial," Journal of Current Ophthalmology, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 426-431, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.joco.2019.07.004.