Table 3 Questionnaire responses

How would you describe your eyesight?

Excellent: 18.8%

Good: 75.0%

Moderate: 6.3%

Poor: 0%

Excellent: 60.9%

Good: 13.0%

Moderate: 13.0%

Poor: 8.7%

No response: 4.3%

Excellent: 38.9%

Good: [50.0%

Moderate: 5.6%

Poor: 5.6%

Do you ever notice problems with your vision when playing?

Y: 31.3%

N: 68.7%

Y: 8.7%

N: 91.3%

Y: 16.7%

N: 83.3%

Do you ever wear sunglasses when playing?

Y: 56.3%

N: 31.3%

No response: 12.5%

Y: 60.9%

N: 30.4%

No response: 8.7%

N/A

How frequently do you have your eyes examined?

Every year: 31.3%

1–2 years: 18.8%

2–5 years: 31.3%

5+ years/never: 12.5%

No response: 6.3%

Every year: 30.4%

1–2 years: 17.4%

2–5 years: 13.0%

5+ years/never: 34.9%

No response: 4.3%

Every year: 27.8%

1–2 years: 11.1%

2–5 years: 5.6%

5+ years/never: 22.2%

No response: 33.3%

Did you wear an eye patch as a child?

Y: 0%

N: 100%

Y: 0%

N: 100%

Y: 5.6%

N: 94.4%

Have you have any kind of eye surgery?

Y: 0%

N: 100%

Y: 0%

N: 95.7%

No response: 4.3%

Y: 5.6% (1 case; for detached retina)

N: 94.4%

Any injury to your eyes or eye condition that caused you to visit Doctor/Hospital?

Y: 0%

N: 100%

Y: 35.3%

[not sports-related: 3 × corneal scratch, 1 × conjunctivitis, 1 × macular dystrophy; sports related: 1 × sub-conjunctival haemorrhage caused by ball to face (no lasting damage)].

N: 95.7%

Y: 5.6% (1 case: for detached retina)

N: 94.4%

Any difficulty seeing colours?

Y: 0%

N: 100%

Y: 4.3%

N: 91.4%

No response: 4.3%

Y: 0%

N: 83.3%

No response: 16.7%

Have you ever taken part in an eye/vision training programme designed to improve your sports performance?

Y: 0%

N: 100%

Y: 12.9%

[in all cases, this was suggested by coach, was ‘cricket specific’ visual training; for 0.5 to 1 h per day over 2–5 months. Deemed ‘useful’ by the player in 2 of 3 cases; ‘not useful’ in other case]

N: 87.1%

Y: 0/18 [0%]

N: 100%