Table 1.

Most frequently reported presbyopia coping activities and impacts

Domain	Concept	n	%	Average bothersome rating
Coping	Changing font or screen size on electronic reading devices	19	95.0	N/Aa
	Holding materials farther out to read	18	90.0	N/A
	Squinting	14	70.0	N/A
	Wearing glasses	12	60.0	N/A
	Adjusting screen brightness/adjust lighting conditions	10	50.0	N/A
	Resting eyes	10	50.0	N/A
	Holding materials closer to read	5	25.0	N/A
	Taking off distance glasses to read up close	4	20.0	N/A
Impact	Difficulty reading a restaurant menu	20	100.0	7.5
	Difficulty reading text on computer/laptop	20	100.0	6.1
	Difficulty reading text on a cell phone/caller ID	19	95.0	5.9
	Difficulty reading nutrition/recipe labels	19	95.0	6.5
	Difficulty reading in low/dim light	19	95.0	6.9
	Feeling angry/frustrated	17	85.0	6.0
	Forgetting glasses	17	85.0	N/A
	Difficulty reading a book	15	75.0	7.1
	Relying on others to read materials	14	70.0	6.4
	Difficulty working with small objects (e.g., sewing/crafting)	13	65.0	7.3
	Feeling older	11	55.0	7.2
	Feeling self-conscious	8	40.0	6.3
	Taking longer to complete a task	7	35.0	N/A
	Feeling less confident	6	30.0	2.0
	Inconvenience of switching between looking at something up close and then far away (e.g., looking at dashboard while driving)	6	30.0	N/A

Participants were asked to provide bothersome ratings on a 0–10 scale (0, not bothersome at all; 10, extremely bothersome) for impacts

^aParticipants were not asked to provide bothersome ratings for coping activities. Not all participants provided impact bothersome ratings due to interview time constraints