The Needs for Visual Improvement of Patients Presented at Low-Vision Center in Wenzhou, China

Table 3

Needs for visual improvement for low-vision patients by visual acuity.

Type of needs	Mild visual impairment: ≥6/18 (%)	Low-vision: 6/18>–≥3/60 (%)	Blind: 3/60>–≥NLP (%)	value
Hobbies	65.9	66.2	80.0	0.005
Reading	29.4	19.4	18.6	0.038
Occupation	14.3	25.4	8.3	<0.001
Watching TV or movies	23.0	16.3	14.5	0.136
Public transportation	7.1	5.4	6.2	0.739
Household tasks	4.0	3.2	4.8	0.657
Writing	4.0	1.9	0.0	0.035
Walking on irregular surfaces (stairs, steps, and curbs)	1.6	1.3	2.1	0.681
Driving	0.0	1.5	0.7	0.521
Others (such as makeup, shopping, and recognizing faces)	2.4	2.2	3.4	0.578

value less than 0.05 was listed in bold.