Characteristic/Score | N = 122 |
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Age (years), Median (IQR) | 44.0 (38.0–54.0) |
Data Missing, n (%) | 1 (0.8) |
Gender, n (%) | |
 Male | 50 (41.0) |
 Female | 72 (59.0) |
Professional Background, n (%) | |
 Optometrist or Ophthalmic medical practitioner | 113 (92.6) |
 Dispensing optician | 8 (6.6) |
 Data Missing | 1 (0.8) |
Primary Place of Work, n (%) | |
 Independent practice working with others | 58 (47.5) |
 Independent practice working on own | 37 (30.3) |
 Multiple practice working with others | 19 (15.6) |
 Multiple practice working on own | 3 (2.5) |
 Other | 5 (4.1) |
Type of Assessments, n (%) | |
 Practice based | 73 (59.8) |
 Domiciliary | 4 (3.3) |
 A mixture of both | 45 (36.9) |
 Time since professional registration (years) Median (IQR) | 21.0 (14.0–42.0) |
 Time employed in eye care services (years) Median (IQR) | 21.0 (14.0–31.0) |
 Time employed as LVSW practitioner (years) Median (IQR) | 9.0 (6.0–10.0) |
 Average number of people with low vision seen each month, Median (IQR) | 5.0 (4.0–10.0) |
Average time spent with person with low vision (mins) n (%) | |
 less than 10 | 0 (0.0) |
 11–20 | 0 (0.0) |
 21–30 | 8 (6.6) |
 31–40 | 29 (23.8) |
 41–50 | 47 (38.5) |
 51–60 | 32 (26.2) |
 more than 60 | 6 (4.9) |
Previous training on depression, n (%) | |
 Yes | 7 (5.7) |
 No | 115 (94.3) |
 Part B: Action in practice scale Rasched score, Median (IQR) | −1.710 (−3.430, −0.150) |
 Part C: Confidence scale Rasched score, Median (IQR) | −1.820 (− 3.460, 0.170) |
 Part D: Barriers scale Rasched score, Median (IQR) | −0.750 (− 1.450, − 0.070) |