Table 1.
Summary of questionnaire and interview participants’ demographic and employment characteristics (collected pre-training)
| Characteristic | Questionnaire N = 40 |
Interview N = 9 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | N (%) | 14 (35.0) | N | 5 |
| Female | 26 (65.0) | 4 | ||
| Professional Background | ||||
| Optometrist/Ophthalmic medical practitioner | N (%) | 37 (92.5) | N | 7 |
| Dispensing optician | 3 (7.5) | 2 | ||
| Time employed as LVSW practitioner (years) | Median (IQR) | 10.0 (6.5–12.0) | Range | 1–12 |
| Average number of people with low vision seen each month | Median (IQR) | 5.0 (4.0–12.0) | Range | 1–60 |
| Average time spent with patient with low vision (mins) | ||||
| Less than 10 | N (%) | 0 (0.0) | N | 0 |
| 11–20 | 0 (0.0) | 0 | ||
| 21–30 | 3 (7.5) | 0 | ||
| 31–40 | 9 (22.5) | 1 | ||
| 41–50 | 16 (40.0) | 3 | ||
| 51–60 | 10 (25.0) | 5 | ||
| More than 60 | 2 (5.0) | 0 | ||