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dc.contributor.authorAusteng, Dordi
dc.contributor.authorMorken, Tora Sund
dc.contributor.authorBolme, Stine
dc.contributor.authorFollestad, Turid
dc.contributor.authorHalsteinli, Vidar
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T11:57:03Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T11:57:03Z
dc.date.created2016-11-18T14:29:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationBMC Ophthalmology. 2016, 16 (1), 1-7.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1471-2415
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2426591
dc.description.abstractBackground: Intravitreal injections (IVI) of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) now improve or stabilize visual acuity in a number of previously untreatable eye diseases, of which the main are age-related macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion and diabetic macular edema. Most patients require multiple injections over lengthy periods of time and the prevalence of treatable conditions is increasing. Anti-VEGF IVI normally administered by physicians, therefore represent a considerable workload on ophthalmologic clinics and will continue to do so in the near future. Nurse-administered IVI may relieve this workload, but the safety, cost and patient satisfaction of such an extended role for nurses in ophthalmologic clinics has not earlier been investigated. To investigate these outcomes following independent anti-VEGF IVI by trained nurses, a noninferiority randomized controlled trial is being conducted. Methods/Design: Patients eligible for anti-VEGF treatment, minimum 304, are recruited and randomized to IVI administration by either trained nurses or physicians. The primary outcome is safety, measured by difference in mean change in visual acuity between the two groups during an observation period of 12 months. Secondary outcomes are incidence of ocular adverse events, cost per patient and patient satisfaction. Discussion: This study protocol describes the design of the first randomized controlled trial of nurse-administered IVI of anti-VEGF. The study is designed to examine safety, cost and patient satisfaction during 12 months follow-up.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleNurse-administered intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF: study protocol for noninferiority randomized controlled trial of safety, cost and patient satisfactionnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1-7nb_NO
dc.source.volume16nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC Ophthalmologynb_NO
dc.source.issue1nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12886-016-0348-4
dc.identifier.cristin1401856
dc.description.localcode© The Author(s). 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.nb_NO
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