Table 1

Participant characteristics

Pseudonym	Number of interviews	Age	Gender	Diagnosis	Treatable	Visual acuity*
Pseudonym	Number of interviews	Age	Gender	Diagnosis	Treatable	Best eye	Worst eye
Rowans	2	77	Male	Dry AMD both eyes	No	6/9	6/12
Cathleen	2	80	Female	Dry AMD both eyes	No	6/7.5	6/9.5
Alison	3	85	Female	Wet AMD both eyes	Yes	6/9	6/12
Irene	2	86	Female	Wet AMD one eye, dry AMD other eye	Yes	6/7.5	6/30
Rose	2	89	Female	Wet AMD one eye, dry AMD other eye	Yes	6/9	6/12
Nuxy	3	78	Male	Wet AMD one eye, dry AMD other eye	Yes	6/7.5	6/12
Ruffine	3	82	Female	Wet AMD one eye, no AMD other eye	Yes	6/6	6/24
Jordan	3	75	Female	Wet AMD both eyes	Yes	6/36	6/60
Rick	3	82	Male	Wet AMD one eye, no AMD other eye	Yes	6/9.5	6/19
Hermione	3	80	Female	Dry AMD and wet disconform scar	No	6/15	CF
Jessie	3	87	Female	Dry AMD and wet disconform scar	No	6/24	6/120
Mary	2	82	Female	Advanced wet AMD, other eye unknown	No	6/9.5	HM
Jack	3	82	Male	Advanced dry AMD and wet disconform scar	No	6/30	CF

*Snellen visual acuity. In order from good vision to poor: 6/5; 6/6; 6/7.5; 6/9; 6/12; 6/18, 6/24, 6/36, 6/60, 6/60, 6/96.
AMD, age-related macular degeneration; CF, count fingers; HM, hand movements; PL, perception of light.