Table 1.
Respondent demographics, diagnosis and features of visual hallucinations
| Category | Subcategory | Count (percentage) |
| Age range (years) | 30–50 | 8 (17.8) |
| 51–70 | 9 (20) | |
| 70+ | 27 (60) | |
| Not given | 1 (2.2) | |
| Sex | Male | 18 (40) |
| Female | 27 (60) | |
| Principal diagnosis | Macula disease | 19 (42.2) |
| Optic neuropathy | 4 (8.9) | |
| Retinal dystrophy | 6 (13.3) | |
| Multiple ocular diagnoses (including cataract, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, pathological myopia, microphthalmia) | 10 (22.2) | |
| Other (one case each of sarcoidosis, enucleation and keratoconus) | 3 (6.7) | |
| Not given | 3 (6.7) | |
| Living arrangement | Alone | 19 (42.2) |
| Accompanied | 25 (55.6) | |
| Not given | 1 (2.2) | |
| Hallucination characteristics | Geometric shapes | 22 (48.9) |
| Patterns with/without colour | 28 (62.2) | |
| Flashes of light | 22 (48.9) | |
| Rings or halos | 8 (17.8) | |
| People or faces | 29 (64.4) | |
| Animals/fauna | 24 (53.3) | |
| Plants/flora | 20 (44.4) | |
| Vehicles | 12 (26.7) | |
| Other (including prosopometamorphopsia, palinopsia) | 28 (62.2) |