Table 2.
Response of the items included in the Catquest-9SF questionnaire
| Item | Malay version (n = 236) |
Chinese version (n = 202) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| a1. Do you experience that your present vision gives you difficulties in any way in your daily life? | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 52 | (22.0) | 19 | (9.4) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 75 | (31.8) | 54 | (26.7) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 82 | (34.7) | 111 | (55.0) |
| No, no difficulties | 26 | (11.0) | 17 | (8.4) |
| Cannot decide | 1 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.5) |
| a2. Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your present vision? | ||||
| Very dissatisfied | 63 | (26.7) | 58 | (28.9) |
| Rather dissatisfied | 95 | (40.3) | 95 | (47.3) |
| Fairly satisfied | 61 | (25.8) | 38 | (18.9) |
| Very satisfied | 17 | (7.2) | 7 | (3.5) |
| Cannot decide | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (1.5) |
| Do you have difficulty with the following activities because of your vision? | ||||
| 1 Reading text in the newspaper | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 77 | (32.6) | 42 | (20.8) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 56 | (23.7) | 56 | (27.7) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 68 | (28.8) | 82 | (40.6) |
| No, no difficulties | 21 | (8.9) | 15 | (7.4) |
| Cannot decide | 14 | (5.9) | 7 | (3.5) |
| 2 Recognizing faces of people you meet | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 33 | (14.0) | 20 | (9.9) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 65 | (27.5) | 38 | (18.8) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 76 | (32.2) | 83 | (41.1) |
| No, no difficulties | 60 | (25.4) | 60 | (29.7) |
| Cannot decide | 2 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.5) |
| 3 Seeing prices of goods when shopping | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 74 | (31.4) | 40 | (19.8) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 56 | (23.7) | 59 | (29.2) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 55 | (23.3) | 82 | (40.6) |
| No, no difficulties | 44 | (18.6) | 16 | (7.9) |
| Cannot decide | 7 | (3.0) | 5 | (2.5) |
| 4 Seeing to walk on uneven ground | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 48 | (20.4) | 17 | (8.4) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 64 | (27.2) | 35 | (17.3) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 70 | (29.8) | 104 | (51.5) |
| No, no difficulties | 50 | (21.3) | 46 | (22.8) |
| Cannot decide | 3 | (1.3) | 0 | (0.0) |
| 5 Seeing to do needlework and handicraft | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 55 | (23.3) | 28 | (14.0) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 53 | (22.5) | 45 | (22.5) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 62 | (26.3) | 88 | (44.0) |
| No, no difficulties | 44 | (18.6) | 25 | (12.5) |
| Cannot decide | 22 | (9.3) | 14 | (7.0) |
| 6 Reading text on television | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 56 | (23.7) | 23 | (11.4) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 55 | (23.3) | 69 | (34.2) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 66 | (28.0) | 74 | (36.6) |
| No, no difficulties | 44 | (18.6) | 30 | (14.9) |
| Cannot decide | 15 | (6.4) | 6 | (3.0) |
| 7 Seeing to carry out a preferred hobby | ||||
| Yes, very great difficulties | 36 | (15.2) | 19 | (9.4) |
| Yes, great difficulties | 58 | (24.6) | 38 | (18.8) |
| Yes, some difficulties | 67 | (28.4) | 99 | (49.0) |
| No, no difficulties | 66 | (28.0) | 37 | (18.3) |
| Cannot decide | 9 | (3.8) | 9 | (4.5) |
Number and percentages are based on available information
aAssessment items