Table 1

Aetiologies, mean VF-14 score, and social score for adult, parental assessment of child and child self assessment

Aetiology	Adult (n = 180)	Adult %	Child(n = 233)	Child (%)	VF-14			Social score
Aetiology	Adult (n = 180)	Adult %	Child(n = 233)	Child (%)	Adult	Parent	Child	Adult	Parent	Child
Albinism	25	14	44	19	55	65	48	53	80	78
Bad eyesight	9	5	5	2	44	53	50	47	87	64
Neurological	19	10	12	5	46	51	33	46	67	78
Pregnancy/birth	9	5	4	2	55	74		55	78	68
Squint	4	2	5	2	58	81	83	67	76	83
Not sure	41	23	21	9	56	77	67	53	83	83
Idiopathic/no reason	61	34	95	41	65	73	77	59	82	83
Missing data	12	7	48	21
Mean					55	73	69	76	71	66
SD					23	25	24	13	16	27
Range					0–100	15–100	6–100	32–94	35–95	25–100