Table 4
Ten most frequently reported problem areas by disease/vision group
| Cataract | Retinal | Low vision | Glaucoma | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Problem area | % of total statements | Problem area | % of total statements | Problem area | % of total statements | Problem area | % of total statements | ||||
| Ambulation | 481 | 17.9 | Ambulation | 161 | 14.9 | Visual symptoms | 104 | 18.7 | Visual symptoms | 66 | 23.2 |
| Household/occupation | 392 | 14.6 | Recognising people/faces | 150 | 13.9 | Household /occupation | 74 | 13.3 | Ambulation | 35 | 12.3 |
| Recognising people/faces | 304 | 11.3 | Symptoms | 128 | 11.9 | Recognising people/faces | 57 | 10.3 | Trouble seeing in bright light | 26 | 9.1 |
| Symptoms | 259 | 9.6 | Household /occupation | 120 | 11.1 | Ambulation | 51 | 9.2 | Recognising people/faces | 24 | 8.4 |
| Eating and drinking | 234 | 8.7 | Eating and drinking | 78 | 7.2 | Reading | 51 | 9.2 | Using the bus | 23 | 8.1 |
| Psychological | 174 | 6.5 | Reading | 66 | 6.1 | Self care | 27 | 4.9 | Household/occupation | 22 | 7.7 |
| Self care | 146 | 5.4 | Using stairs or steps | 54 | 5.0 | Small object recognition | 27 | 4.9 | Psychological | 18 | 6.3 |
| Watching television | 106 | 3.9 | Trouble seeing in bright light | 45 | 4.2 | Bus/using public transport | 24 | 4.3 | Reading | 18 | 6.3 |
| Night vision | 96 | 3.6 | Using money | 43 | 4.0 | Trouble seeing in bright light | 24 | 4.3 | Watching television | 11 | 3.9 |
| Using the bus | 81 | 3.0 | Psychological | 42 | 3.9 | Eating, pouring drinking | 22 | 4.0 | Other small object recognition | 9 | 3.2 |
| Number of statements in top 10 areas | 2273 | 84.6% | 887 | 82.1% | 461 | 82.9% | 252 | 88.4% | |||
| Total number of statements | 2688 | 1080 | 556 | 285 | |||||||
| Average number of statements per participant | 16.8 | 15.2 | 12.9 | 8.4 | |||||||
| Number of participants per group | 160 | 71 | 43 | 34 | |||||||
