Table 1.

The detailed content of the questionnaire used in the current study

Category	Questions	Choice and appendix question
Data on demography and injury	Q1.name, gender,occupation, education
	Q2.injury agent
	Q3.where injury occurred
	Q4.monocular or binocular injury
	Q5.hospitalization or not	If yes, the accumulative time of hospitalization
	Q6.operation or not	If yes, monocular or binocular? Single or multiple operations?
Expense on treatment	Q7.Total expense on medical treatment
	Q8.The proportions of the expense on drug, examination, operation and hospitalization, and the nutrition and transportation respectively
	Q9.The proportions of expense paid by the employer, insurance and patient himself respectively
Loss of income	Q10.The personal income per year of the patient before and after the injury	If reduced, the main reason?
	Q11.The per capita income of the family per year before and after the injury
	Q12.the time required for care from family members (hours per day)
The impact of the injury on the socio-economic status of the patients	Q13.Working or studying capacity	A:without difficulty, B:doing simple work or study, C: losing working or studying ability (being umployed or dropping out of school)
	Q14.The ability to perform daily activities	A: without difficulty, B: being able to do simple activity such as eating and clothing, C: entirely losing ability to perform daily acitvity and need care and help from others
	Q15.Emotional anxiety or depression	A:without anxiety or depression, B: anxious or depressive somewhat, C: extremely anxious or depressive
	Q16.The negative impact on the education of victims' children (if they had)	A: without negative impact, B: to some extent, C: very serious
	Q17.The impact on the relationship between family members	A: no change,B: indifference, C: be discriminated, D: be discarded
	Q18.The attitude of whole society towards them after injury	A: giving care and concern, B: indifferent, C: generally be discriminated, D: other