Research Article
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 |
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value less than 0.05 was listed in bold. |