Table 3 Visual functioning—responses to vision problems

None of the time

A little of the time

Some of the time

Most of the time

All of the time

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Do you accomplish less than you would like because of your vision?

49.2%

15.9%

12.2%

11.9%

10.8%

Are you accomplish less than you would like because of your vision?

52.8%

17.3%

11.1%

8.7%

10.1%

How much does pain or discomfort in or around your eyes, for example, burning, itching, or aching, keep you from doing what you’d like to be doing? Would you say:

36.0%

27.8%

19.2%

10.4%

6.6%

Definitely false

Mostly false

Not sure

Mostly true

Definitely true

I stay home most of the time because of my eyesight

67.8%

14.6%

5.6%

3.9%

8.1%

I feel frustrated a lot of the time because of my eyesight

58.5%

13.6%

8.7%

10.1%

9.2%

I have much less control over what I do, because of my eyesight

56.5%

15.4%

10.7%

9.0%

8.4%

Because of my eyesight, I have to rely too much on what other people tell me

65.7%

12.9%

7.3%

7.2%

6.9%

I need a lot of help from others because of my eyesight

69.1%

12.6%

6.2%

5.8%

6.3%

I worry about doing things that will embarrass myself or others, because of my eyesight

68.5%

10.9%

6.4%

5.8%

8.3%