Effectiveness of Placebo Therapy for Maintaining Masking in a Clinical Trial of Vergence/Accommodative Therapy
Author(s) -
Marjean Taylor Kulp,
G. Lynn Mitchell,
Eric Borsting,
Mitchell Scheiman,
Susan A. Cotter,
Michael Rouse,
Susanna M. Tamkins,
Brian G. Mohney,
Andrew J. Toole,
Kathleen Reuter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.08-2693
Subject(s) - placebo , masking (illustration) , medicine , randomized controlled trial , vergence (optics) , physical therapy , clinical trial , alternative medicine , art , pathology , computer science , visual arts , computer vision
To evaluate the effectiveness of the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial (CITT) placebo therapy program in maintaining masking of patients randomized to the office-based treatment arms, determine whether demographic variables affect masking, and determine whether perception of assigned treatment group was associated with treatment outcome or adherence to treatment.
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