Table 1.

Characteristics of participants completing round 1 and all three rounds of the exercise

	Nominated challenges in round 1 (n=470)	Completed all three rounds (n=336)
Sex
Female	208 (44%)	156 (46%)
Male	262 (56%)	180 (54%)
GBD super-region of main work*
Sub-Saharan Africa	146 (31%)	104 (31%)
High-income	74 (16%)	58 (17%)
South Asia	59 (13%)	44 (13%)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania	75 (16%)	42 (13%)
Latin America and Caribbean	48 (10%)	35 (10%)
North Africa and Middle East	40 (9%)	32 (10%)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia	28 (6%)	21 (6%)
GBD super-region of institution*
High-income	177 (38%)	134 (40%)
Sub-Saharan Africa	104 (22%)	74 (22%)
South Asia	52 (11%)	37 (11%)
Latin America and Caribbean	38 (8%)	27 (8%)
North Africa and Middle East	37 (8%)	25 (7%)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania	40 (9%)	21 (6%)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia	22 (5%)	18 (5%)
Main field of work†
Clinician or practitioner	200 (43%)	126 (38%)
Management or leadership in eye health	116 (25%)	89 (26%)
Clinical research	94 (20%)	76 (23%)
Eye health services research	90 (19%)	72 (21%)
Education	88 (19%)	68 (20%)
Epidemiology	64 (14%)	51 (15%)
Implementing agency (including non-governmental organisation)	58 (12%)	46 (14%)
Health service policy or planning (including Ministry of Health)	58 (12%)	44 (13%)
Other research (vision science, genetic)	37 (8%)	24 (7%)
Advocacy, corporate sector, or funder	31 (7%)	20 (6%)
International institutions (eg, WHO, Pan American Health Organization, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness)	25 (5%)	16 (5%)
Patient group	9 (2%)	5 (1%)

Data are n (%). GBD=Global Burden of Disease Study.

^*List of countries available in appendix 7 (p 1).

^†Participants could nominate up to two fields of work, hence percentages will add up to more than 100%.