1Department of Ophthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

2Mid-Michigan Eye Care, Midland, Michigan

3New England College of Optometry, Boston, Massachusetts

4Department of Ophthalmology, Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation, Omaha, Nebraska

5Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska

6Southern California College of Optometry, Marshall B. Ketchum University, Fullerton, California

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Submitted: April 25, 2022

Accepted: August 21, 2022

Funding/Support: National Eye Institute (R21 EY029883; to AKB); American Academy of Optometry Foundation (2019 Clinical Research Award; to AKB); and Research to Prevent Blindness (unrestricted award to the Department of Ophthalmology at University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA]; to AKB).

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None of the authors have reported a financial conflict of interest.

Study Registration Information:ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier NCT04066075).

Author Contributions and Acknowledgments: Conceptualization: AKB, NCR, JDS; Data Curation: AKB; Formal Analysis: AKB, SZB; Funding Acquisition: AKB; Investigation: AKB, JEK, NCR, JDS, SJT, SZB, PDY; Methodology: AKB; Project Administration: AKB, JEK, NCR, JDS, SZB, PDY; Supervision: AKB; Writing – Original Draft: AKB, JEK; Writing – Review & Editing: AKB, JEK, NCR, JDS, SJT, SZB, PDY.

The author would like to acknowledge the support provided by the National Eye Institute (R21 EY029883 to AKB) and the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (2019 Clinical Research Award). Contributions to the study from other members of the BeST-AID study team included the following: Dr. Alicia Donahue at the New England College of Optometry in Boston, MA; the UCLA study coordinators, Kelly Hofschneider and Max Estabrook; and the UCLA student research assistants (Tameen Ahmed, Jewel Chu, Samantha Ito, Xuan Kuang, Joyce Kuo, Leanne Lee, Hannah Liu, and Megan Yu).