Table 1. Characteristics of the sample at baseline and 1 year follow up.
| Baseline | 1 year Follow up | p-value | ||
| n = 294 | n = 294 | BL-1 yr | ||
| Age in yrs | 60.07±8.29 | |||
| Gender | Female | 134(45.6%) | ||
| Education | No schooling | 125(42.5%) | ||
| Up to 5 yrs | 100(34.0%) | |||
| More than 5 yrs | 54(18.4%) | |||
| Mean ± standard deviation | ||||
| Visual acuity in the better eye | 0.74±0.44 | 0.27±0.20 | <0.001 | |
| VA of operated eye+ | 1.29±0.65 | 0.34±0.29 | <0.001 | |
| VRQoL – subscales of the IND-VFQ 33, logits | ||||
| • Activity Limitation | 65±24 | 80±9 | <0.001 | |
| • Mobility | 51±23 | 70±7 | <0.001 | |
| • Psychosocial Impact | 59±21 | 79±13 | <0.001 | |
| No. of household members | 3.87±2.17 | 4.00±1.99 | .100 | |
| Working household members | 0.97±0.75 | 1.49±0.70 | <0.001 | |
| Proportion n(%) | ||||
| Marital status | Married | 208(70.7%) | 232(78.9%) | <0.001 |
| Widowed or Single | 80(27.2%) | 49(16.7%) | ||
| Visual Impairment | 196 (66.7%) | 32 (10.9%) | <0.001 | |
| Working | 128(43.5%) | 225(76.5%) | <0.001 | |
| Occupation$ | Unskilled labour (daily wage) | 86(43.8%) | 177(78.7%) | .061 |
| Land owner | 16(12.5%) | 32(14.2%) | ||
| Skilled labour | 26(20.3%) | 16(7.1%) | ||
| Reason for not working# | Vision problem | 76(45.8%) | 4(5.8%) | .061 |
| Too old or retired | 32(19.3%) | 33(47.8%) | ||
| Other health problem | 29(17.5%) | 19(27.5%) | ||
| Doesn’t need to work | 21(12.7%) | 7(10.1%) | ||
| Household’s monthly income | Rs 0–1000 | 143(48.7%) | 59(20.1%) | <0.001 |
| Rs 1001–3000 | 92(31.3%) | 207(70.4%) | ||
| >Rs 3000 | 28(9.5%) | 20(6.8%) | ||
BL = baseline, VA = visual acuity, measured in LogMAR, VRQoL = vision-related quality of life, RS = Indian Rupees;
+
Operated eye VA at baseline was taken before cataract surgery;
$
question applicable to working participants only;
#question applicable to the non working participants only; p-values derived from paired sample t-tests for continuous and Wilcoxon signed rank test for categorical variables.