Reported need of assistance in everyday activities because of vision loss
| All (<6/18) (n=96) | Visual impairment and severe vision loss (<6/18–3/60) (n=47) | Blind (<3/60) (n=49) | RR (95%CI)† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Self care: | ||||||
| bathing | ||||||
| patient | 22 (22.9) | 3 (6.4) | 19 (38.8) | 6.07 (1.92–19.19) | ||
| guardian | 22 (24.2) | 4 (9.1) | 18 (38.3) | 4.21 (1.55–11.48) | ||
| agreement‡ | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.81 | |||
| toilet | ||||||
| patient | 9 (9.4) | 1 (2.1) | 8 (16.3) | 7.6 (1.0–59.0) | ||
| guardian | 10 (11.0) | 1 (2.3) | 9 (19.2) | 8.43 (1.11–63.8) | ||
| agreement | 0.95 | 1.0 | 0.89 | |||
| eating | ||||||
| patient | 5 (5.2) | 0 | 5 (10.2) | |||
| guardian | 9 (9.9) | 1 (2.3) | 8 (17.0) | 7.49 (0.98–57.47) | ||
| agreement | 0.93 | 0.98 | 0.89 | |||
| dressing | ||||||
| patient | 10 (10.4) | 0 | 10 (20.4) | |||
| guardian | 10 (11.0) | 0 | 10 (21.3) | |||
| agreement | 0.96 | 1.0 | 0.91 | |||
| Mobility: | ||||||
| visit neighbour | ||||||
| patient | 17 (17.7) | 2 (4.3) | 15 (30.6) | 7.19 (1.74–2.98) | ||
| guardian | 21 (23.1) | 1 (2.3) | 20 (42.6) | 18.72 (2.62–133.71) | ||
| agreement | 0.91 | 0.98 | 0.85 | |||
| work in field or go to market | ||||||
| patient | 25 (26.0) | 3 (6.4) | 22 (44.9) | 7.03 (2.25–22.0) | ||
| guardian | 20 (22.0) | 1 (2.3) | 19 (40.4) | 18.22 (2.54–130.8) | ||
| agreement | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.89 | |||
↵Categories: 1, no problem; 2, a little problem; 3, some problem; 4, very problematic; †test between vision groups. ‡Number of patients and guardians with equal responses/total.