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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Optom Vis Sci. 2012 Sep;89(9):1336–1342. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182678db5

Table 4.

Reasons for device non-use by device type at each follow-up, for all participants responding at that follow-up.

Stand Magnifier (n) Hand Held Magnifier (n) High Plus Lenses (n) Hands-free Magnifier (n) Total n(%)
1 Week Follow-up
Unable to use 1 4 1 0 6 (20)
Have not used yet 2 5 2 0 9 (30)
Device broken 1 1 0 1 3 (10)
No need to use 1 5 0 3 9 (30)
Other/not specified 0 3 0 0 3 (10)
Total 5 18 3 4 30(100)

1 Month Follow-up
Unable to use 1 3 3 0 7 (50)
Device broken 0 1 0 0 1(7)
No need to use 0 3 0 0 3 (21)
Other/not specified 2 1 0 0 3 (21)
Total 3 8 3 0 14 (100)

3 Month Follow-up
Unable to use 4 5 6 1 16 (55)
Device broken 0 4 0 0 4 (14)
No need to use 4 2 0 1 7 (24)
Other/not specified 1 1 0 0 2 (7)
Total 9 12 6 2 29 (100)