Respondent characteristics (n=621)
| Variables | Frequency/n |
| Sex | |
| Female/male | 428/192 |
| Not specified | 1 |
| Age at diagnosis | |
| Mean years (range) | 76.6 (50–97) |
| Type of AMD | |
| Wet AMD | 245 |
| Dry AMD | 246 |
| Both wet and dry AMD | 63 |
| Not specified | 67 |
| Previous awareness of AMD | |
| Yes | 259 |
| No | 356 |
| Not specified | 6 |
| General health status | |
| Good, very good, excellent | 453 |
| Neither good nor bad | 127 |
| Bad, very bad, extremely bad | 36 |
| Not specified | 5 |
| Living alone | |
| Yes | 275 |
| No | 341 |
| Not specified | 5 |
AMD, age-related macular degeneration.