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