NDLI: Improving eye care quality through brief verbal intervention on optometry service provider by using unannounced standardized patient with refractive error: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Author	Liang, Huijuan Li, Jiaqi Zhang, Nan Wu, Fang Chen, Xiaoshan Luo, Huanyuan He, Wenjun Liu, Siyuan Kang, Ting Zhang, Ruotong Liu, Yujie Huang, Zizhen Zhang, Lanping Zhao, Qing Lv, Sensen Li, Chunping Xie, Yunyun Xu, Dong (Roman)
Abstract	Background Improper refractive correction can be harmful to eye health, aggravating the burden of vision impairment. During most optometry clinical consultations, practitioner-patient interactions play a key role. Maybe it is feasible for patients themselves to do something to get high-quality optometry. But the present empirical research on the quality improvement of eye care needs to be strengthened. The study aims to test the effect of the brief verbal intervention (BVI) through patients on the quality of optometry service. Methods This study will take unannounced standardized patient (USP) with refractive error as the core research tool, both in measurement and intervention. The USP case and the checklist will be developed through a standard protocol and assessed for validity and reliability before its full use. USP will be trained to provide standardized responses during optical visits and receive baseline refraction by the skilled study optometrist who will be recruited within each site. A multi-arm parallel-group randomized trial will be used, with one common control and three intervention groups. The study will be performed in four cities, Guangzhou and three cities in Inner Mongolia, China. A total of 480 optometry service providers (OSPs) will be stratified and randomly selected and divided into four groups. The common control group will receive USP usual visits (without intervention), and three intervention groups will separately receive USP visits with three kinds of BVI on the patient side. A detailed outcome evaluation will include the optometry accuracy, optometry process, patient satisfaction, cost information and service time. Descriptive analysis will be performed for the survey results, and the difference in outcomes between interventions and control providers will be compared and statistically tested using generalized linear models (GLMs). Discussion This research will help policymakers understand the current situation and influencing factors of refractive error care quality, and then implement precise policies; at the same time, explore short and easy interventions for patients to improve the quality of optometry service. Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR2200062819. Registered on August 19, 2022.
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Page Count	9
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ISSN	14712415
DOI	10.1186/s12886-023-03023-y
Journal	BMC Ophthalmology
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	23
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2023-06-16
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Ophthalmology Refractive error Optometry service Eye care Quality improvement Brief verbal intervention (BVI) Randomized controlled trial (RCT) Unannounced standardized patient (USP) Parallel-group design
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ophthalmology
Journal Impact Factor	1.7/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	2/2023

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