Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of included participants in the first pilot study
| Education | Primary and lower | Secondary and higher | ||
| Visual status | Mild VI* (n=4) | Moderate–severe VI† (n=3) | Mild VI* (n=4) | Moderate–severe VI† (n=4) |
| Age | 76.3±9.5 | 80.7±3.5 | 75.3±7.2 | 77.5±5.4 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Female | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Language | ||||
| English | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mandarin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Data are presented as either mean±SD (age) or number of participants (sex, language).
*Mild VI was defined as near visual acuity worse than N8 but better than or equivalent to N12.
†Moderate–severe VI was defined as near visual acuity worse than N12.
VI, visual impairment.