Table 5 WHO category of vision of the children in blind schools and blind classes.

From: The prevalence and causes of visual impairment in special schools and blind schools in Shanxi Province, China: a cross-sectional study

 

WHO category

Visual acuity (logMAR)

N

%

1

Mild impairment

0.5 ≤ VA < 0.3

1

1.8

2

Moderate visual impairment

1.0 ≤ VA < 0.5

16

28.6

3

Severe visual impairment

1.3 ≤ VA < 1.0

5

8.9

4

Blindness

1.7 ≤ VA < 1.3

13

23.2

5

Blindness

PL ≤ VA < 1.7

15

26.8

6

Blindness

NPL

2

3.6

9

Undetermined or unspecified

 

4

7.1

 

Total

 

56

100

  1. NPL no perception of light, PL perception of light.