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Table 1 Schedule of assessments in the VISIONARY study

From: inVestIgating the pSychologIcal and ecONomic impAct of cataRact surgerY in Vietnam: The VISIONARY observational study protocol

Participant assessment

Baseline

6 months

12 months

Initials

✓

  

Full name

✓

  

Date of birth

✓

  

Contact information

✓

  

Next of kin

✓

  

Demographic characteristics

Sex

✓

  

Age

✓

  

Education

✓

  

Marital status

✓

  

Type of insurance

✓

✓

✓

Household head relationship

✓

  

Household composition

✓

  

Employment

Main lifetime occupation

✓

  

Time spent doing paid work

✓

✓

✓

Time spent doing unpaid work

✓

✓

✓

Impact of eyesight on ability to work

✓

✓

✓

Return to work (paid/unpaid)

 

✓

✓

Income support

✓

✓

✓

Household economic situation

Annual income

✓

✓

✓

Main source of income

✓

✓

✓

Estimated value of assets (non-livestock and live-stock)

✓

✓

✓

Asset ownership

✓

✓

✓

Financial assistance

✓

✓

✓

Medical information

Visual acuity (in both eyes)

✓

✓

✓

Cataract location

✓

✓

✓

Year of onset of visual impairment

✓

  

Co-morbidity

✓

✓

✓

Impact on family carer

✓

✓

✓

Complications from cataract surgery

 

✓

✓

Visual acuity (in both eyes)

✓

✓

✓

Health service use

Date assessed for cataract surgery

✓

  

Date of cataract surgery

✓

  

Type of cataract surgery referral

✓

  

Type of health service use and number of visits

✓

✓

✓

Out-of-pocket spending

✓

✓

✓

Intention to have cataract surgery

✓

✓

✓

Post-surgery complications

 

✓

✓

Quality of life

Health related quality of life - SF 12v2 [10]

✓

✓

✓

Household economic hardship

Financial stress

✓

✓

✓

Use of financial coping strategies

✓

✓

✓

Impact of illness on household income

✓

✓

✓

Subjective perception of household economic situation

✓

✓

✓

Mood (psychological impact)

Self-reporting questionnaire (Vietnamese version) [11]

✓

✓

✓

Screening and interview information

Location where consent was obtained

✓

  

Interview location

✓

✓

✓

Date of interview

✓

✓

✓