Table 1 Patient characteristics: Sex, marital status, number of eyes affected by MD, type of MD, whether both eyes diagnosed at same time, registration status.
Demographic and clinical data | N (valid %) | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | women | 99 (63.5) |
men | 57 (36.5) | |
Marital status | married or living with partner | 74 (47.4) |
widowed | 68 (43.6) | |
divorced or separated | 8 (5.1) | |
single | 6 (3.6) | |
Number of eyes affected by MD | one | 6 (3.8) |
two | 150 (96.2) | |
Type of MD | wet only | 90 (57.7) |
dry only | 19 (12.2) | |
wet and dry | 42 (26.9) | |
wet and type MD in 2nd eye not specified | 4 (2.6) | |
type of MD not specified | 1 (0.6) | |
Both eyes diagnosed at same time | yes | 46 (32.6) |
no | 95 (67.4) | |
missing | 15 | |
Registration status | blind | 8 (5.4) |
partially sighted | 67 (45.6) | |
not registered | 72 (46.2) | |
missing | 9 |