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Research shows that visual impairment (VI) has a significant impact on the quality of life (QoL) of those affected. Therefore, it is essential to investigate how VI affects the daily activities of these children to develop management strategies that can help minimize its impact on their QoL. Therefore, qualitative research design was utilized to explore the perceived impact of VI on the daily activities of children living with VI. Methods Using a qualitative approach, purposive sampling was used to identify information-rich participants to partake in focus group discussions (FGDs) and address the aim of the study adequately. Identified data sources were divided into two groups: one with ‘experts’ who worked with children regularly, and another with school-age children aged 6-17 years, from three rural schools in Sekhukhune district, South Africa. The FGDs were guided by semi-structured interview questions. All sessions were recorded, transcribed verbatim, cleaned, coded, and analysed under ten domains, identified from the literature. Results A total of 477 statements and comments related to children’s vision were generated through the nine FGDs. Participants were nine experts working with children, and 49 children living with or without VI. Of the total number of statements, 60% (n = 287) were generated from FGDs with children, 63% (n = 299) were negative statements, and the remaining 19% (n = 92), and 18% (n = 86) were neutral and positive statements respectively. The most generated statements fell under the domains ‘Hobbies, Leisure and Sport’ 21% (n = 101), ‘Education’ 21% (n = 100), and ‘Psychological and Emotional’ 12.8% (n = 61). Conclusion This study offered comprehensive insights into the impact of VI on the daily activities of rural school-aged children and young people. 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Manager Bibtex ProCite Sente EXPORT Select a format first Track Share ▬ ✚ Research Article Revised Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8724-9911 1 , Rekha Hansraj https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-6380 1 , Zamadonda Nokuthula Xulu-Kasaba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2729-8639 1 Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8724-9911 1 , Rekha Hansraj https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-6380 1 , Zamadonda Nokuthula Xulu-Kasaba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2729-8639 1 PUBLISHED 18 Mar 2025 Author details Author details 1 Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, Durban, 4000, South Africa Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe Roles: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – Original Draft Preparation Rekha Hansraj Roles: Formal Analysis, Methodology, Project Administration, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing Zamadonda Nokuthula Xulu-Kasaba Roles: Formal Analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing OPEN PEER REVIEW DETAILS REVIEWER STATUS This article is included in the Eye Health gateway. Abstract Background/Purpose There are approximately 18.94 million visually impaired children worldwide, with 90% of them living in low-middle income countries. Research shows that visual impairment (VI) has a significant impact on the quality of life (QoL) of those affected. Therefore, it is essential to investigate how VI affects the daily activities of these children to develop management strategies that can help minimize its impact on their QoL. Therefore, qualitative research design was utilized to explore the perceived impact of VI on the daily activities of children living with VI. Methods Using a qualitative approach, purposive sampling was used to identify information-rich participants to partake in focus group discussions (FGDs) and address the aim of the study adequately. Identified data sources were divided into two groups: one with ‘experts’ who worked with children regularly, and another with school-age children aged 6-17 years, from three rural schools in Sekhukhune district, South Africa. The FGDs were guided by semi-structured interview questions. All sessions were recorded, transcribed verbatim, cleaned, coded, and analysed under ten domains, identified from the literature. Results A total of 477 statements and comments related to children’s vision were generated through the nine FGDs. Participants were nine experts working with children, and 49 children living with or without VI. Of the total number of statements, 60% (n = 287) were generated from FGDs with children, 63% (n = 299) were negative statements, and the remaining 19% (n = 92), and 18% (n = 86) were neutral and positive statements respectively. The most generated statements fell under the domains ‘Hobbies, Leisure and Sport’ 21% (n = 101), ‘Education’ 21% (n = 100), and ‘Psychological and Emotional’ 12.8% (n = 61). Conclusion This study offered comprehensive insights into the impact of VI on the daily activities of rural school-aged children and young people. READ ALL READ LESS Keywords Focus group discussion, children's vision, visual impairment, quality of life, poor vision, rural school-going children, South Africa. Corresponding Author(s) Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe ( [email protected] ) Close Corresponding author: Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Grant information: The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work. Copyright: © 2025 Magakwe TSS et al . This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. How to cite: Magakwe TSS, Hansraj R and Xulu-Kasaba ZN. Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] . F1000Research 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.159464.2 ) First published: 20 Dec 2024, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.159464.1 ) Latest published: 18 Mar 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.159464.2 ) Revised Amendments from Version 1 The main difference from the original version is the inclusion of the study limitations section, which was absent in the first version. This limitation is expressed as follows: "The prompt questions used in the focus group discussions were never validated, which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines, and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection. Parents play a very important role in their children's daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognized as a limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed". The main difference from the original version is the inclusion of the study limitations section, which was absent in the first version. This limitation is expressed as follows: "The prompt questions used in the focus group discussions were never validated, which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines, and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection. Parents play a very important role in their children's daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognized as a limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed". See the authors' detailed response to the review by Lauren J. Lieberman See the authors' detailed response to the review by Asha Latha Mettla READ REVIEWER RESPONSES Introduction Visual impairment (VI) is the most common cause of childhood disability and the second leading cause of childhood blindness. 1 , 2 It limits the ability of children to perform well in school, as a major part of learning depends on vision. 3 Additionally, children with VI often struggle with social and recreational activities, with subsequent negative effects on their socioeconomic security, all impacting their quality of life. 3 – 5 The onset of VI before or during school-going age has a significant impact compared to that in adulthood, considering the greater number of years that they will likely carry this condition. 6 In the United States, it was reported that a person living with VI needs an estimated $4000 per annum for medical expenditure, an amount that increases with age, as it later includes the cost imposed by loss of productivity, anxiety, and frustrations linked to their disability. 7 , 8 Globally, there are around 18.94 million visually impaired children, with 1.42 million of these children being blind. 9 The leading cause of VI in children is uncorrected or inappropriately corrected refractive error, attributing to about 12.8 million cases. 5 Ninety percent of children with VI reside in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs). 10 , 11 It is essential to understand the impact of VI on children’s daily lives and their perceptions about their abilities and difficulties with daily activities to facilitate the development of appropriate management strategies. To explore this, focus group discussions (FGDs) were decided upon for this study as a standard method for exploring people’s feelings, motivations, insights, and experiences on any topic. 12 , 13 Focus group discussions are regarded as a quick and cost-effective qualitative research method in which participants openly share their perceptions and jointly develop new insights and a deeper understanding of the issues in question. 12 , 13 The purpose of this particular focus group study was to identify activities that school-aged children from rural areas in South Africa engage in, the difficulties that children with VI can encounter with these activities, and how their lives are impacted as a result of this limitation. The ultimate goal is to develop a self-reported measure of visual function QoL for rural school-age children aged 6-17 years. Numerous instruments are available to measure the vision-related quality of life (QoL) in adults, which have been globally developed and validated with good reliability. However, there has been insufficient effort in creating similar instruments for school-aged children. 14 In most cases, the tools designed for adults need to be adapted before being used on children. This adaptation process may compromise the established reliability and validity. The WHOQOL group has suggested that each country should create its own instrument to measure the impact of any disease and treatment, which should be sensitive to the culture and suitable for different age groups. 15 A recent review of instruments for assessing vision-related quality of life in children and adolescents revealed a lack of such instruments for children in LMICs. Therefore, it is essential to explore these children’s perceptions and statements to guide the development of an appropriate tool that will allow learners to honestly evaluate themselves, rather than being evaluated solely based on test results from eye care practitioners. Methods This qualitative study’s aim was to gather comments and statements about the impact of VI on children’s daily lives. FGDs were used to collect data for the study. The VI was classified based on the visual acuity (VA) measurement as guided by the World Health Organization (WHO). 16 Mild VI was defined as having a presenting VA in the better eye of less than 0.30 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (LogMAR) but greater than or equal to 0.50 LogMAR. Moderate VI was defined as having a presenting VA in the better eye of less than 0.50 LogMAR but greater than or equal to 1.0 LogMAR. Severe VI was defined as having a presenting VA in the better eye of less than 1.0 LogMAR but greater than or equal to 1.30 LogMAR. Blindness was defined as having a presenting VA in the better eye of less than 1.30 LogMAR. 16 The research followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki regarding research involving humans, and ethical clearance was obtained from the Biomedical Research Ethical Committee of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (BREC/00003939/2022). Consent and assent forms were provided and signed by experts, children, and their parents prior to data collection. A total of nine FGDs were conducted. Focus group discussions with experts In the course of two FGDs, a total of nine professionals with an interest in children or working with children, participated. A purposive sampling method was employed to recruit participants, which included one nurse, two occupational therapists, two optometrists. And four teachers from both mainstream and special schools. Among the experts, one occupational therapist worked at a school for visually impaired students, two optometrists were based at a low vision clinic specialising in children, and two teachers were also from the visually impaired school. The other professionals worked with all children in general and had interactions with both children living with and without visual impairments. The FGDs were conducted online and recorded on Microsoft Teams to accommodate the participants’ preferences and scheduling constraints. Prior to the discussions, participants each received an information sheet about the study, and an invitation to participate. After confirming voluntary consent, they received a Microsoft Teams meeting invitation via their personal or work emails, detailing the date and time of the meeting. The principal investigator (PI) facilitated the discussion with an assistant by a trained moderator who took notes. Participants were welcomed, introduced to the PI and moderator, and given an overview of the purpose and topic of the discussion. They were also informed that there were no right or wrong answers, only differing points of view, and that the meeting would be recorded, so one person would speak at a time. The discussions were guided by prompt questions related to vision and children’s activities, which were generated by the principal investigator, reviewed and amended by two authors as detailed below: 1. What role does vision play in children’s lives in general? 2. What activities, at school, require children to have good vision? 3. What types of recreational activities that children engage in require good eyesight? 4. Does a child’s vision impact the manner in which they socialise? 5. If a child has vision problems, how would this impact his/her life and development? Each meeting lasted between 75 and 90 minutes and was audio recorded. At the end of each discussion, the PI and moderator thanked the participants for their time and contributions. They then stayed for a few minutes to summarize important points and emotions captured during the discussion. Focus group discussion with children Forty-nine children aged 6 to 17 years from three rural schools in Sekhukhune District, Makhuduthamaga Municipality, Limpopo province, were involved in one of seven FGDs. They were all of African ethnicity and were selected from Bosele Special School, Jane Furse Comprehensive, and Moreko Secondary School. The FGDs were divided into two sessions per school, one for the age group 6–11-year-olds and another for the 12–17-year-olds. Each group comprised solely of the children from one school but divided according to the two age groups, hence six groups in total. A seventh FGD was conducted for children from Bosele Special School in the age group 6-11 years after the initial round of FGDs, due to the need for more data. The groups were also stratified based on gender and visual status. The FGDs took place at the respective school premises in an allocated classroom. Vision screening tests, to obtain clinical data for another part of the broader study, were conducted a few days prior to the discussions, and these included visual acuity testing, fundus examination, and auto refraction. All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any disabilities apart from vision. The discussions took place in the afternoon to avoid disruption of academic activities. On the day of the FGD, the children were introduced informally over a light lunch before the commencement of the discussion. The discussions, led by the PI with a moderator was taking notes, each lasted between 60-80 minutes and was audio-recorded. Children were seated during the group discussions. After a set of ground rules were established, discussions commenced, structured as open-ended questions same as those used with experts, and further expanded using probing questions whenever necessary. At the end, participants were acknowledged for their valued contribution and time. Both the PI and the moderator remained for a summary and to conclude the discussion. Data capturing and analysis The recordings and the transcription were done via Microsoft Teams meeting, and then PI and SS listened to the recording several times to verify transcriptions, clean data and extract important information from the interviews. The PI and SS initially charted and distributed data independently by domain, and later met to discuss and finalise the charted and distributed data. This study employed Template Analysis as a method for thematic analysis to gather, categorise, and analyse data. 17 Template Analysis is a flexible approach that provides a structured way to organise and analyse large amounts of rich qualitative data, addressing common challenges in qualitative research. 18 , 19 This technique allows for the use of a priori themes and iterative refinement of the coding template, making it suitable for diverse research contexts as in the current study, and was conducted via six steps as outlined below. 17 , 18 Step 1: To familiarize ourselves with the data to be analysed, two individuals read the material several times. Step 2: The preliminary coding step was omitted because the domains were taken from a systematic literature review conducted prior to this study, which was an earlier objective of the broader research project. Step 3: Emerging themes, statements, or comments related to a vision were organized based on the initial template outlined in Table 1 . Step 4: The domains were defined as outlined in Table 1 . Step 5: Data was categorized according to the template in Table 1 , and the template was updated based on the data during the data capture process. Step 6: After completing the data analysis, the final template with data was created. The statements were also classified as positive, negative, or neutral based on the emotional tone expressed. All statements were thoroughly reviewed and corrected before analysis. Access to the transcripts can be requested from the first author via email. Table 1. Initial template for catergorising data. Subscale or domain Prompt questions Characteristics of comments or statements to include within the specified domain. 1. Education What activities at school require children to have good vision? 1.1 Learning and Vision 1.2 The Importance of Vision in Learning 1.3 Learning difficulties resulting from impaired vision. 2. Distance vision What role does vision play in children’s lives in general? 2.1 Distance vision activities and vision 2.2 The importance of vision in distance vision activities 2.3 Challenges with seeing far as a result of poor vision 3. Near vision What role does vision play in children’s lives in general? 3.1 Near vision activities and vision 3.2 The importance of vision on near vision activities 3.3 Challenges with seeing near as a result of poor vision What role does vision play in children’s lives in general? 4.1 Movement and Vision 4.2 The role vision plays in mobility and orientation 4.3 Challenges with mobility and orientation if vision is impacted 4. Hobbies and Leisure What types of fun things require children to have good eyesight? 5.1 Children’s hobbies and vision 5.2 The Importance of Vision in fun activities children engage into 5.3 Challenges with children’s hobbies or leisure if vision is impaired 5. Sports What types of fun things require children to have good eyesight? 6.1 Sport and vision 6.2 The role of vision in sporting activities 6.3 How would performance in sports be impacted if vision is impacted? 6. Social interaction Does a child's vision impact the way they form relationships? 7.1 Social engagement and vision 7.2 The importance of vision in communication and relationships 7.3 The impact of socializing as a result of poor vision 7. Visual Comfort If a child's vision problem is identified, how would it impact their life and development? 8.1 Discomfort that children experience due to vision problems 8.2 Impact of visual strains due to vision problems in children’s lives 8. Emotional If a child's vision problem is identified, how would it impact their life and development? 9.1 Vision and Emotions 9.2 Any relationship between vision and emotions, either positive or negative 9. Psychological If a child's vision problem is identified, how would it impact their life and development? 10.1 Stress, anxiety, and depression concerning vision 10. Daily living activities/skills What role does vision play in children’s lives in general? 11.1 Vision and the ability to perform daily tasks 11.2 The impact of poor vision on the ability to perform daily tasks 11. Treatment If a child's vision problem is identified, how would it impact their life and development? 12.1 Eyes and treatment 12.2 The importance of managing eye problems 12.3 Problems arising from the management of eye problems 12. Financial and family impact If a child's vision problem is identified, how would it impact their life and development? 13.1 Management of eye problems and the cost 13.2 The challenges faced by the family of a child with vision problems. Results The experts consisted of four teachers focusing on learner support, two optometrists, two occupational therapists, and a nurse working at a paediatric hospital ward. All of these experts are currently working with children, and their years of experience range from 3 to 19 years. The majority of the participants in this group were female (n = 7), and all of them were African. A demographic profile of this group is detailed in Table 2 . Table 2. Demographic profile of the experts. Participants code PA1 PA2 PA3 PA4 PA5 PA6 PA7 PA8 PA9 Gender Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Female Occupation Optometrist Teacher Occupational therapist Teacher Nurse Optometrist Teacher Teacher Occupational therapist Years of experience 18 13 11 3 7 19 3 5 16 Seven FGDs were conducted with 49 children aged between 6-17 years, all of whom were African. The gender distribution was almost even, with 51% female and 49% male, with participants falling into the following age categories, 6-9 years (n = 22), 10-13 years (n = 15), and 14-17 years (n = 12). Of these, 34.7% had normal vision, 24.5% had refractive errors, and 40.8% had VI which could be categorized as ranging from moderate to blindness according to the WHO classification. 16 The children came from three schools located in the rural area of Limpopo province, Sekhukhune district. The demographics and visual profile of the children are outlined in Table 3 . Table 3. Demographic profile of children. Participant code Age Gender Dist-UVA R-eye in LogMAR Dist-UVA L-eye in LogMAR Near-UVA OU-in LogMAR Cyclo-Auto-Ref R-eye Cyclo-Auto-Ref L-eye Dist-AVA R-eye Dist-AVA L-eye Near-AVA OU Diagnosis VA Classification PB1 10 F 0.3 0.2 0 PL/-0.75X163 PL/-0.75X180 0 0 0 Astigmatism RE PB2 13 M 0.24 0 0 0.25/-0.50X175 0.25 0 0 0 Hyperopia Astigmatism RE PB3 15 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB4 15 F 0.42 0.3 0 1.00/-1.25X15 1.00/-1.00X165 0 0 0 Hyperopia Astigmatism RE PB5 13 M 0 0.06 0 0.50/-0.50X90 0.25/-0.50X90 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB6 13 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB7 09 M 0.06 0.5 0 0.25/-0.25x180 -0.50/-0.50X180 0 0 0 Hyperopia, Astigmatism, Myopia RE PB8 07 M 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB9 14 M 0.12 0.1 0 0.50/-0.50X73 0.50/-0.50X65 0 0 0 Hyperopia Astigmatism RE PB10 08 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB11 07 M 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB12 16 M 0.32 0.22 0 -0.75/-0.50X134 -0.75/-0.25X103 0 0 0 Myopia Astigmatism RE PB13 09 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB14 11 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB15 14 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB16 14 F 0.62 0.52 0 -2.00/-0.25X138 -1.50/-0.50X118 0 0 0 Myopia Astigmatism RE PB17 15 M 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB18 17 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB19 12 M 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB20 16 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB21 12 M 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB22 08 F 0.42 0.44 0 1.25/-1.75X03 1.00/-1.25X180 0 0 0 Hyperopia Astigmatism RE PB23 09 M 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB24 11 F 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB25 07 M 0.3 0.98 0 -1.00/-0.25x64 -0.5 0 0 0 Myopia Astigmatism RE PB26 06 M 0 0 0 PL PL 0 0 0 NAD Emmetropia PB27 06 F 0.22 0.6 0 PL/-0.75X93 -0.25/-0.50X103 0 0 0 Myopia Astigmatism RE PB28 08 M 1.08 1.38 1 5.00/-7.25X102 7.00/-6.75X34 0.84 0.94 0.7 OCA Moderate VI PB29 08 M 1.3 1.18 0.1 3.75/-4.75x07 3.75/-3.75X12 0.56 0.52 0 OCA Mild VI PB30 07 F 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.00/-2.75X135 3.00/-2.25X45 0.3 0.26 0 OCA Mild VI PB31 06 F 2.04 2 1 Not Possible Not Possible 2 2 1 ROP Blind PB32 06 F NLP NLP NLP NR NR NLP NLP NLP Anophthalmia Blind PB33 06 M 1.4 1.4 0.9 -3.25/-4.25X78 -2.75/-5.00X65 0.72 0.72 0.3 Congenital Glaucoma) Moderate VI PB34 13 M 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.75/-3.50X115 1.00/-3.75X118 0.46 0.4 0.2 OCA Mild VI PB35 15 F 1.12 1.06 0.5 1.75/-5.25X17 2.50/-5.75X23 0.6 0.5 0 Nystagmus Moderate VI PB36 10 M 1.3 NLP 1 -6.25/-3.75X171 NR 1.3 NLP 1 Hypoplasia Blind PB37 11 M 1.32 2.02 1 -0.75/-1.00X93 -2.50/-1.75X06 1.32 2.02 1 Retinoschisis Secondary Optic atrophy Severe VI PB38 09 F 1.32 NLP 1.06 1.75/-5.50X169 0.50/-2.00X180 1.32 NLP 1.06 Congenital Glaucoma) Blind PB39 10 F 1.1 NLP NR 9.25/-1.00X137 NR 0.6 NLP NR Aphakia Cataract Severe VI PB40 12 M 0.84 1.52 0.6 3.50/-4.75X1 6.75/-3.50X180 0.48 0.56 0.08 OCA Mild VI PB41 08 F 1.3 1.3 0.72 -2.75/-4.25X43 -3.25/-3.75X123 0.46 0.4 0 OCA Mild VI PB42 14 M 1.2 1 0.32 0.75/-8.25X03 0.50/-9.50X105 0.7 0.56 0.12 Keratoconus Moderate VI PB43 17 M 0.86 0.88 0.4 3.00/-4.75X18 3.00/-3.75X11 0.42 0.46 0 OCA Mild VI PB44 09 M 1.32 1.34 0.5 2.50/-4.25X100 2.50/-5.25X113 1.02 1.04 0.3 Keratoconus Severe VI PB45 08 F 1.1 1.1 0.3 4.75/-3.25X90 5.25/-3.75 0.28 0.36 0 OCA RE PB46 06 F 2 LP NR NR NR NR NR NR Aniridia Blind PB47 10 F 0.46 0.46 0.7 1.25/-2.50X179 1.50/-2.25X111 0.14 0.14 0 OCA RE PB48 09 F 2 2 1 13.00/-0.75X90 12.25/-0.75X93 0.84 0.84 0.4 Aphakia Moderate VI PB49 11 M 1.1 1.2 0.6 PL/-6.25X15 1.00/-5.75X173 0.48 0.5 0.08 OCA Mild VI A total of 477 comments related to children’s vision were noted and categorized into the initially created template. Some domains were merged in the template and only left with 11 domains which are: ‘Education’, ‘mobility and orientation’, ‘Hobbies, leisure activities, and sports’, ‘social function’, ‘visual comfort’, ‘psychological and emotional’, ‘daily living activities/skills’, ‘self-esteem’, ‘family and financial impact’, and ‘treatment’ and, lastly sociocultural, which was generated specifically for this population of a rural school going children. The list generated is deposited in an online repository, accessible through this link: https://zenodo.org/records/13999156 . Out of these, 299 (62.7%) statements were classified as negative, 92 (19.3%) were neutral, and 86 (18%) were positive. Furthermore, 286 (60%) of the comments emanated from the FGDs with children. These comments were further classified according to the template subscales or domains, and are outlined below. The domain “sociocultural” encompasses the factors that impact attitudes, values, and beliefs regarding VI and generated 13 statements. Summary of the generated domains, along with examples of statements assigned to each domain School and learning domain One hundred items were generated under the education domain, these generated items illustrated the major role that vision plays in children’s learning and further highlighted the impact of vision problems on learning. Both children and experts agreed that VI affects aspects of learning, and the bearer of this condition goes through a lot. For instance, some statements noted under this domain included: “ I struggle to complete my school tasks on time due to poor vision ”. - PB22, an 8-year-old girl living with an uncorrected refractive error (URE). “ Most children with poor vision still struggle, even when seated at the front of the classroom ”. - PA8, teacher. “Most students with visual impairments resort to copying from their peers’ books in class due to difficulties in seeing the chalkboard”. - PA2, teacher. “ I place my book very close when I read ”. - PB31, a six-year-old girl who is partially blind Daily living activities/skills domain Under this domain a total of 47 items were generated. These items cover self-care tasks that children should be able to perform to care for themselves. These activities included personal hygiene, preparing meals and feeding, dressing oneself (such as tying shoes), and doing household chores. Vision problems can interfere with these daily activities. In this domain participants have highlighted the difficulties they experience with tasks like bathing, preparing meals, taking care of livestock, going to a store, and accurately using the right amount of something. Below are some related statements from the participants: “I cannot go to the tuck shop alone because I cannot see”. - PB39, a 10-year-old girl who is severe VI. “My eyes help me to take livestock to the field for grazing”. - PB23, a nine-year-old boy who is emmetropic. “I cannot bathe myself properly because I cannot see”. - PB38, a nine-year-old girl who is blind. “Children with visual impairment struggle with preparing their meals”. - PA7, teacher. Visual comfort domain It is typical for children with visual impairments to suffer from headaches, eye strain, and fatigue. 20 The individual in this domain described experiencing increased discomfort, itching, burning, strain, and headaches. Additionally, their symptoms were exacerbated in sunlight. A total of 25 items was generated under this domain, and below are some of the comments coming directly from some of the participants: “I often scratch my eyes because they are itching and burning”. - PB17, a 15-year-old male who is emmetropic. “My eyes cause me lots of discomforts”. - PB37, an 11-year-old boy living with severe VI) due to Retinoschisis. “Visually impaired children experience eye strains and headaches”. - PA7, teacher. “I am very uncomfortable when there is too much sunlight”. - PB35, a 15-year-old girl living with moderate VI. Mobility and orientation domain Forty-seven items on this domain cover various aspects such as how vision helps children interpret and explore their surroundings, the challenges faced by visually impaired children in navigating new environments, and the potential risks and difficulties they encounter in this domain due to poor vision. Below are some of the statements directly from the participants: “ I need assistance when going to the pit toilet ”. - PB41, an eight-year-old girl, Mild VI. “ Children with visual impairment are prone to frequent falls and potential fractures due to walking challenges ”. - PA5, Nurse. “ I often trip on objects when moving within the classroom ”. - PB42, a 14-year-old boy, Moderate VI. “ Good vision is important for children to understand their environment ”. - PA6, Optometrist. Hobbies, leisure activities, and sports domain Visual impairment has a noticeable effect on children’s hobbies, leisure activities, and participation in sports. Additionally, children with vision problems may find it challenging to watch TV, which can lead to feelings of loneliness and increased reserve behavior. 4 A hundred and one items were generated under this domain, and below are some of the statements stated by participants stated under this domain: “ Poor vision affects children’s ability to play, which affects their learning ”. -PA9, Occupational Therapist. “ I cannot play all the games I want to due to my poor eyesight ”. - PB38, a nine-year-old girl classified as blind. “ I get closer to the television (TV) so that I can see well ”. - PB43, a 17-year-old boy, Mild VI. “Visually impaired children often become introverted and spend most of their time at home”. – PA1, Optometrist. Treatment domain Most of the school-going children with visual impairment do not comply with wearing their optical corrections. 21 The reasons for the non-compliance included issues like the stigma attached to the devices, broken spectacles, headaches, and or strains when they wear them. 21 In this domain participants also outlined that spectacles strain them, they do not like putting eye drops in their eyes. Children and expert participants indicated the stigma attached to wearing optical devices and the bullying that comes with wearing them. Twenty-two items were generated and below are how some participants commented under this domain: “It is challenging for visually impaired children to wear optical devices because of the stigma attached to them”. - PA7, teacher. “Children with visual impairment get bullied at school when they wear spectacles”. - PA5, nurse. “My glasses are straining my eyes, that’s why I do not like wearing them”. - PB44, a seven-year-old boy who is severe VI. “My eye drops are not comfortable”. - PB33, a six-year-old boy living with moderate VI. Families and financial impact domain Visual impairment significantly affects the lives of individuals and their families, friends, and society as a whole. 22 This domain housed 20 items, which included statements that highlighted the financial burden of caring for a visually impaired child, family misunderstanding of the condition, and the dependency that arises from always needing someone at home to care for a child with VI as indicated by statements of some of the participants below: “Caring for a visually impaired child comes with financial costs”. - PA4, teacher. “The lives of parents of children living with visual impairment are always impacted, as they have to make arrangements for special care”. - PA2, teacher. “Parents and caregivers of visually impaired children bear a heavier burden than the children themselves”. - PA6, Optometrist. "My parents believe that I am seeking attention when I express my visual difficulties". - PB4, a 15-year-old girl living with URE. Social functioning domain Visual cues play a crucial role in social interaction as they are the primary means of identifying other people and provide important non-verbal social information through facial expressions and body language. 23 This domain has 41 items that highlight the challenges visually impaired children face in developing bonds with family and friends, being excluded from many activities due to poor vision, and spending a significant amount of time alone due to their condition. Some statements related to this domain included: “ Good vision aids in the development of bonds with family members, peers, and caregivers ”. - PA5, Nurse. “ Visually impaired children struggle to interpret the facial expressions of those they are communicating with ”. - PA9, Occupational Therapist. “ I spend most of my time at home due to poor eyesight ”. - PB36, a 10-year-old boy who is blind. “ No one wants to play with me because I cannot see well ”. - PB29, an eight-year-old boy living with mild VI. Emotional and psychological The mental health of children with vision impairment may be adversely affected because they tend to participate in fewer physical activities, have lower academic achievement, and are more socially isolated. 24 This domain produced 61 statements highlighting the impact of VI on children’s mental health, including social exclusion, increased dependency on others for assistance, reduced participation in physical activities, and the impact on the parents of visually impaired children as well. Below are some examples of generated statements from participants: “Children with poor vision feel lonely most of the time and they sometimes develop depression”. - PA5, nurse. “Visually impaired children feel frustrated when choosing careers because they are restricted by their poor vision”. - PA4, teacher. “I feel like I am bothering people when I ask them for scores during sporting events”. - PB48, a nine-year-old girl living with moderate VI. "I often feel left out and isolated in social situations because of the glasses I wear". - PB16, a 14-year-old female living with URE. Sociocultural Thirteen items were generated in this domain which included an examination of how cultural beliefs, such as attributing visual impairment to witchcraft or relying on traditional herbal medicine, can lead to delays in the diagnosis and proper management of visual impairment. Furthermore, the statements indicated that a child’s visual impairment may be influenced by their family’s poverty, leading to the child being treated differently. The statements also mention that parents may feel ashamed to admit that their visually impaired child needs to attend a special school. This is how some of these participants stated it: “Associating visual impairment with witchcraft delays the diagnosis and prognosis of visual impairment and worsens the condition”. - PA5, nurse. “Some parents feel ashamed to admit that their visually impaired children need to attend special schools”. - PA8, teacher. “Poverty also influences how visually impaired children are treated in their families and communities”. - PA2, teacher. “The use of herbal medication delays the diagnosis and management of visual impairment”. - PA4, teacher. Discussion This study analysed data from FGDs with children and experts to explore the impact of VI on the lives of children. The experts who participated in this study had at least three years of experience working with children and encountered those with VI in their field of work. Age and gender were considered when selecting the child participants, as the impact of VI varies with these factors. 25 To ensure the representation of all types of children, 34.7% of the participants had no VI, 24.5% had a refractive error, and 40.8% had moderate to severe VI. The data was classified into ten domains adopted from a systematic review of literature on instruments to measure vision-related quality among children and adolescents. 26 The tenth domain (Sociocultural) was created based on the extra data generated for the participants in this study. Poor vision has a significant impact on reading and learning, as 70-85% of school content and activities rely on vision. 3 , 27 Individuals with VI encounter unique obstacles within the educational system, regardless of the severity of their impairment. 28 This study presents a compilation of statements concerning the impact of poor vision on children, especially those with VI. These visually impaired children, when attempting to read, tend to put books too close, frequently stop, lose track, and skip lines. 29 – 31 Additionally, it was reported that children with early-onset VI may experience delayed motor, language, emotional, social, and cognitive development, leading to lower levels of educational achievement. 32 Eye hand coordination, clear vision and good depth perception are advantageous visual abilities, particularly for participation in sporting activities 33 Participants further highlighted that vision problems can also interfere with daily activities, estimating the distance of oncoming cars, and seeing what is happening in the field during sporting events. Children experiencing vision problems often exhibit behaviors such as rubbing their eyes or blinking frequently, avoiding reading, having short attention spans, experiencing frequent headaches, and covering one eye when focusing. 34 Even in this study, these individuals described experiencing increased discomfort, itching, burning, strain, and headaches, which are exacerbated in sunlight. Vision has been reported to play a crucial role in understanding the environment, developing awareness, gathering information about the relationships between objects, and carrying out various cognitive and motor activities. 28 In the study, it was found that children use vision to engage with others, explore the world around them, and rely on vision for activities like walking, avoiding obstacles, and being cautious in different settings. The study also highlights the need for assistance and the risk of falls and fractures faced by visually impaired children. In support of these issues of frequent falls and fractures associated with VI, several studies reported on that too. 27 , 35 , 36 For children to perform well, effective eye-hand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities. 33 When children experience vision problems, it not only impacts their ability to play sports but also hinders their overall learning experience. 24 Participants in this study also highlighted that poor vision impacts on children’s ability to play, consequently affecting their overall learning and development. Furthermore, individuals in this study reported that VI limit’s children from reaching their full potential and securing good jobs, which ultimately affects the socioeconomic status of their families and the children themselves in the future. Such statements were also reported by studies on the impact of VI on the socioeconomic status of bearer. 37 – 39 Visual impairment forces individuals to rely on non-visual cues during social interactions, leading to reduced social engagement and participation in enjoyable activities. 40 While verbal cues can convey a significant amount of information, this information is often not accessible to untrained listeners. 23 This study also highlighted that VI children struggle with social engagement and sometimes show inappropriate emotions to situations. Not surprisingly numerous studies suggest that VI and blindness are risk factors for anxiety and depression. 21 , 23 , 40 , 41 This study highlights that children with vision problems experience a noticeable effect on their hobbies and leisure activities, and may find it challenging to watch TV, which can lead to feelings of loneliness and increasingly reserved behavior. 4 Children with VI often experience lower self-esteem due to the unique challenges they face compared to sighted children. 42 Self-esteem, which refers to one’s evaluation of oneself, is significantly affected in children with VI. 43 This study has shown that many of these children struggle with low confidence levels and feelings of worthlessness. In fact, the children themselves have expressed how profoundly low their confidence levels are. Children with VI are more likely to live in deprivation, negatively impacting their emotional and mental well-being. 21 Even in this study, participants produced statements that highlighted the impact of VI on mental health. Several statements about the influence of culture, beliefs, and traditions when dealing with VI were grouped under the sociocultural domain. The sociocultural factors within a community have a profound influence on the emotions, attitudes, values, beliefs, and interactions of its members concerning VI. 44 This includes an examination of how cultural beliefs, such as attributing VI to witchcraft or relying on traditional herbal medicine, can lead to delays in the diagnosis and proper management of VI. It is important to note that the significant suffering caused by blinding eye diseases often goes unnoticed, especially because avoidable visual loss disproportionately impacts those living in rural and urban poverty. 32 Among the various domains discussed, the majority of the statements, comprising 21% (n=100), centered around hobbies, leisure, and sports. This finding is supported by a study conducted by Sacchetti et al . in 2007, which highlighted that children were primarily concerned about engaging in sports, visiting the pool, and socializing with friends. 45 The study further revealed that children’s proficiency in sports can be notably hampered if they lack adequate visual skills. The education domain emerged with the second-highest number of statements, which is not surprising given that this group is primarily involved in school-related activities. Additionally, the psychological and emotional domain also garnered significant attention, shedding light on the profound psychological impact of VI on the participants in the study. These findings are consistent with previous studies, indicating that children with VI often experience psychological effects that can significantly influence their overall quality of life. 23 , 45 , 46 This study emphasises the need to create a tool specifically designed for children in rural South Africa, despite the availability of other existing tools. Furthermore, the findings contribute to the existing literature by highlighting the importance of including the sociocultural domain in quality of life (QoL) assessments. Limitations The prompt questions used in the FGDs were never validated which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection. Parents play a very important role in their children’s daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognised as another limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed. Conclusion This study offers a comprehensive insight into the impact of VI on school-aged children and young people particularly those living in rural areas. The domain, sociocultural, shows the uniqueness of that population being studied and it is recommended that there be a tool to measure the impact of VI on rural school-going children. Ethics and consent The research followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki regarding research involving humans, and ethical clearance was obtained from the Biomedical Research Ethical Committee of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (BREC/00003939/2022). The first approval was on the 15 th of November 2022, and we applied for the extension which was approved on the 15 th of November 2023. Written Consent and assent forms were provided and signed by experts, children, and their parents prior to data collection. Author’s contributions T.S.S., R.H., and Z.N.X. conceived and planned the experiments. T.S.S. conducted the experiments. T.S.S., R.H., and Z.N.X. reviewed and analyzed the results. T.S.S. drafted the manuscript, while R.H. and Z.N.X. edited and made modifications to it. All authors have accepted the final version and approved it for submission to the journal. Disclaimer All opinions expressed in this manuscript are solely those of the authors and stem from their professional research. The information presented does not necessarily align with the official policies or positions of the affiliated institute or the publisher. The authors are accountable for the results, findings, and content of this article. Data availability Zenodo: Statements from the Focus Group Discussions with Children and Experts, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13999155 . 47 The project contains the following underlying data: • Comments or Statements from FGDs All 27October2024.pdf Data are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero “No rights reserved” data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). The recording data for this study cannot be deposited in the public domain because it contains personal information that could easily be traced back to the participants. However, the data is available upon request. To obtain it, please send an email to the corresponding author, M.T.S.S. Reporting guidelines This study adhered to the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies (COREQ), which consists of 32 items for reporting guidelines. Zenodo: COREQ Checklist for the paper: Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14343032 . 48 The project contains the following Reporting guidelines: • COREQ for FGD Paper by Magakwe tss et al.docx Data are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero “No rights reserved” data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). Acknowledgement We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the participants who contributed their time and insights to this study. Additionally, we are grateful to the school principals for their support and collaboration, which made this research possible. Your involvement was invaluable to our work. References 1. 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Reviewer Report For: Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] . F1000Research 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.179286.r374402 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1538/v2#referee-response-374402 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. Close Copy Citation Details Reviewer Report 10 Apr 2025 Isabel Neto , University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal Approved VIEWS 0 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.179286.r374402 It was very interesting to read this work, And it adds upon priori research as it as a multidisciplinary perspective including physicians. It was really interesting to see VI children challenges apart from learning such as social ... Continue reading READ ALL It was very interesting to read this work, And it adds upon priori research as it as a multidisciplinary perspective including physicians. It was really interesting to see VI children challenges apart from learning such as social cultural, emotional and psychologic, visual comfort domain (and how it affects their daily lives): There are some improvements : - the coding process can be improved, showing the number of coders and the reliability of the coding process. I thank the authors for this multidisciplinary paper. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? Yes If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Not applicable Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? 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Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written ... Continue reading READ ALL Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written it goes back and forth throughout with current, future and past tense. Do not use the word handicapped. Use the word children with a disability Pg 3 paragraph 1 in the introduction don’t say school-going just say school age Pg. 3 Same paragraph Don’t say impairment say disability Pg. 3 3 rd paragraph what is an FGD? Introduce this before you use the acronym Pg. 3 under Focus Group-you said the professionals worked with children. Did they specifically work with children with VI? If so please say it here. Pg. 4 you describe the questions you used. Who generated these questions? Was this list of questions validated? In other words, did any experts review the questions with your purpose statement to ensure they are valid and will result in effective results? For example, you ask about “good vision”. This is so subjective I would never use such a subjective term. If you did not validate these questions you need to add this issue to the limitations of this study. If only one person generated the questions there is certainly bias. Pg. 4 this sentence “All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any impairments apart from vision” do not say impairments say disabilities. What questions did you use for the focus group of the children? Were these questions validated? If not then add this issue to your limitations. This study is not a qualitative study. It appears that you already had a template that the statements fit into. A qualitative study allows the data to be the results with NO preconceived outcome. This structure of the table literally puts the responses into a box and does not allow for the findings to emerge. You need to look up what qualitative research is and then revise this study. Under results do not say “normal vision” just say vision. Also, if 34% had no VI then why were they in the study? Pg. 13 you state “For children to perform well, effective eyehand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities.” This is not true. There are many blind sports such as goalball, blind tennis, and blind soccer to name a few that require no vision. You say this several times throughout the manuscript. You need to change this belief as it is just not true. These are international sports so they are available to these children. Your discussion highlights several important points, such as isolation and loneliness, the need for sports, and more. These insights could have emerged with a more in-depth analysis of your data, which would have allowed for a richer exploration of these themes in your paper I suggest you forgo the need to try to fit this data into an existing list of criteria. Instead use the data you found and truly develop themes and subthemes so you can share the reality of the lived experiences of the participants. As this study reads now, the research questions used are not validated and you used the voices of the experts and the children to try and force them into an existing instrument. This is not the intention of qualitative research. Unless these researchers revise the manuscript to better reflect the voices of the children involved, its contribution to the literature may be limited. The effort is clearly present; now, it would be valuable to focus on listening to the participants and sharing their perspectives more fully. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? No Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Partly Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? No If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? No Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? No Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? No Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to state that I do not consider it to be of an acceptable scientific standard, for reasons outlined above. Close READ LESS CITE CITE HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT Lieberman LJ. Reviewer Report For: Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] . F1000Research 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.175189.r356442 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1538/v1#referee-response-356442 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in all citations of this article. COPY CITATION DETAILS Report a concern Author Response 18 Mar 2025 Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe , Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa 18 Mar 2025 Author Response Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with ... Continue reading Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written it goes back and forth throughout with current, future and past tense. Author’s reply: The manuscript has been reviewed and revised accordingly wherever applicable. Do not use the word handicapped. Use the word children with a disability Author’s reply: thank you for that comment, the word handicap was replaced with disability Pg 3 paragraph 1 in the introduction, don’t say school-going just say school age Author’s reply: The revision was made to correct school-going to school age Pg. 3 Same paragraph Don’t say impairment say disability Author’s reply: The revision was made to replace the word impairment with disability Pg. 3 3 rd paragraph what is an FGD? Introduce this before you use the acronym Author’s reply: The FGDs acronym was defined as the focus group discussions at the beginning of paragraph 3. Pg. 3 under Focus Group-you said the professionals worked with children. Did they specifically work with children with VI? If so please say it here. Author’s reply: To bring more information and clarification, the below sentence was added to the manuscript of the section of the FGDS: “ A purposive sampling method was employed to recruit relevant, information-rich participants, that specifically work with children living with VI. The participants included one nurse, two occupational therapists, two optometrists, and four teachers from both mainstream and special schools. Among the experts, one occupational therapist worked at a school for visually impaired students, two optometrists were based at a low vision clinic specializing in children, and two teachers were also from the visually impaired school. The other professionals generally worked with children, and had interacted with various children, living with and without visual impairments .” Pg. 4 you describe the questions you used. Who generated these questions? Was this list of questions validated? In other words, did any experts review the questions with your purpose statement to ensure they are valid and will result in effective results? For example, you ask about “good vision”. This is so subjective I would never use such a subjective term. If you did not validate these questions you need to add this issue to the limitations of this study. If only one person generated the questions there is certainly bias. Authors’s reply: extra information were added for some clarity, and the limitations were added to the manuscript with a statement below: “The prompt questions used in the focus group discussions were never validated, which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection.” Pg. 4, this sentence “All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any impairments apart from vision” does not say impairments say disabilities. Author’s reply: The revision was made to revise the word impairments into disabilities. What questions did you use for the focus group of the children? Were these questions validated? If not then add this issue to your limitations. Author’s reply: Those are the questions used by experts and extra information was added to bring more clarity. The limitations statement was provided the same as the one for query number 7 This study is not a qualitative study. It appears that you already had a template that the statements fit into. A qualitative study allows the data to be the results with NO preconceived outcome. This structure of the table literally puts the responses into a box and does not allow for the findings to emerge. You need to look up what qualitative research is and then revise this study. Author’s reply: Thank you for the input. This study was an objective in a larger project. This study used purposive sampling to identify information-rich participants who took part in FGDs to give responses that addressed the research question. Discussions were recorded and captured verbatim. As such, the study was classified as qualitative. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and create a framework in an earlier objective of the study (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081009). The FGD objective that this manuscript addresses used that framework to inform its line of questioning and its data analysis. Under results, do not say “normal vision”. Just say vision. Also, if 34% had no VI then why were they in the study? Author’s reply: Including normally sighted children in the study aimed to capture a broader range of activities that all children engage in during their daily lives. Focusing solely on visually impaired children would restrict the activities to those that only they could participate in. By including normally sighted children, we can understand the full spectrum of activities that children, regardless of their disabilities, are expected to be involved in. Pg. 13 you state “For children to perform well, effective eyehand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities.” This is not true. There are many blind sports such as goalball, blind tennis, and blind soccer to name a few that require no vision. You say this several times throughout the manuscript. You need to change this belief as it is just not true. These are international sports so they are available to these children. Author’s reply: This is well noted. All relevant sentences have been rephrased to indicate that eye hand coordination, clear vision and good depth perception are advantageous visual abilities, particularly for participation in sporting activities. Your discussion highlights several important points, such as isolation and loneliness, the need for sports, and more. These insights could have emerged with a more in-depth analysis of your data, which would have allowed for a richer exploration of these themes in your paper Author’s reply: This is well noted, and will be taken into consideration for future manuscripts. I suggest you forgo the need to try to fit this data into an existing list of criteria. Instead use the data you found and truly develop themes and subthemes so you can share the reality of the lived experiences of the participants. As this study reads now, the research questions used are not validated and you used the voices of the experts and the children to try and force them into an existing instrument. This is not the intention of qualitative research. Author’s reply: The reason for the predefined themes was that this manuscript is linked to a larger study, which aimed to develop a visual function quality of life instrument for rural school-aged children living with visual impairment. The data presented in this paper was focused on that objective. However, we approached this focus group discussion (FGD) with an open mind, which is why we were able to include a sociocultural theme or domain that we had not anticipated at the start of the data collection. Unless these researchers revise the manuscript to better reflect the voices of the children involved, its contribution to the literature may be limited. The effort is clearly present; now, it would be valuable to focus on listening to the participants and sharing their perspectives more fully. Author’s reply: I can confirm that this study successfully gathered all the necessary information from the participants. Furthermore, the significance of the findings presented in this manuscript lies in the fact that we examined a population that has not been previously studied in the development of existing quality of life tools. Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written it goes back and forth throughout with current, future and past tense. Author’s reply: The manuscript has been reviewed and revised accordingly wherever applicable. Do not use the word handicapped. Use the word children with a disability Author’s reply: thank you for that comment, the word handicap was replaced with disability Pg 3 paragraph 1 in the introduction, don’t say school-going just say school age Author’s reply: The revision was made to correct school-going to school age Pg. 3 Same paragraph Don’t say impairment say disability Author’s reply: The revision was made to replace the word impairment with disability Pg. 3 3 rd paragraph what is an FGD? Introduce this before you use the acronym Author’s reply: The FGDs acronym was defined as the focus group discussions at the beginning of paragraph 3. Pg. 3 under Focus Group-you said the professionals worked with children. Did they specifically work with children with VI? If so please say it here. Author’s reply: To bring more information and clarification, the below sentence was added to the manuscript of the section of the FGDS: “ A purposive sampling method was employed to recruit relevant, information-rich participants, that specifically work with children living with VI. The participants included one nurse, two occupational therapists, two optometrists, and four teachers from both mainstream and special schools. Among the experts, one occupational therapist worked at a school for visually impaired students, two optometrists were based at a low vision clinic specializing in children, and two teachers were also from the visually impaired school. The other professionals generally worked with children, and had interacted with various children, living with and without visual impairments .” Pg. 4 you describe the questions you used. Who generated these questions? Was this list of questions validated? In other words, did any experts review the questions with your purpose statement to ensure they are valid and will result in effective results? For example, you ask about “good vision”. This is so subjective I would never use such a subjective term. If you did not validate these questions you need to add this issue to the limitations of this study. If only one person generated the questions there is certainly bias. Authors’s reply: extra information were added for some clarity, and the limitations were added to the manuscript with a statement below: “The prompt questions used in the focus group discussions were never validated, which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection.” Pg. 4, this sentence “All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any impairments apart from vision” does not say impairments say disabilities. Author’s reply: The revision was made to revise the word impairments into disabilities. What questions did you use for the focus group of the children? Were these questions validated? If not then add this issue to your limitations. Author’s reply: Those are the questions used by experts and extra information was added to bring more clarity. The limitations statement was provided the same as the one for query number 7 This study is not a qualitative study. It appears that you already had a template that the statements fit into. A qualitative study allows the data to be the results with NO preconceived outcome. This structure of the table literally puts the responses into a box and does not allow for the findings to emerge. You need to look up what qualitative research is and then revise this study. Author’s reply: Thank you for the input. This study was an objective in a larger project. This study used purposive sampling to identify information-rich participants who took part in FGDs to give responses that addressed the research question. Discussions were recorded and captured verbatim. As such, the study was classified as qualitative. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and create a framework in an earlier objective of the study (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081009). The FGD objective that this manuscript addresses used that framework to inform its line of questioning and its data analysis. Under results, do not say “normal vision”. Just say vision. Also, if 34% had no VI then why were they in the study? Author’s reply: Including normally sighted children in the study aimed to capture a broader range of activities that all children engage in during their daily lives. Focusing solely on visually impaired children would restrict the activities to those that only they could participate in. By including normally sighted children, we can understand the full spectrum of activities that children, regardless of their disabilities, are expected to be involved in. Pg. 13 you state “For children to perform well, effective eyehand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities.” This is not true. There are many blind sports such as goalball, blind tennis, and blind soccer to name a few that require no vision. You say this several times throughout the manuscript. You need to change this belief as it is just not true. These are international sports so they are available to these children. Author’s reply: This is well noted. All relevant sentences have been rephrased to indicate that eye hand coordination, clear vision and good depth perception are advantageous visual abilities, particularly for participation in sporting activities. Your discussion highlights several important points, such as isolation and loneliness, the need for sports, and more. These insights could have emerged with a more in-depth analysis of your data, which would have allowed for a richer exploration of these themes in your paper Author’s reply: This is well noted, and will be taken into consideration for future manuscripts. I suggest you forgo the need to try to fit this data into an existing list of criteria. Instead use the data you found and truly develop themes and subthemes so you can share the reality of the lived experiences of the participants. As this study reads now, the research questions used are not validated and you used the voices of the experts and the children to try and force them into an existing instrument. This is not the intention of qualitative research. Author’s reply: The reason for the predefined themes was that this manuscript is linked to a larger study, which aimed to develop a visual function quality of life instrument for rural school-aged children living with visual impairment. The data presented in this paper was focused on that objective. However, we approached this focus group discussion (FGD) with an open mind, which is why we were able to include a sociocultural theme or domain that we had not anticipated at the start of the data collection. Unless these researchers revise the manuscript to better reflect the voices of the children involved, its contribution to the literature may be limited. The effort is clearly present; now, it would be valuable to focus on listening to the participants and sharing their perspectives more fully. Author’s reply: I can confirm that this study successfully gathered all the necessary information from the participants. Furthermore, the significance of the findings presented in this manuscript lies in the fact that we examined a population that has not been previously studied in the development of existing quality of life tools. Competing Interests: They are no competing interest Close Report a concern Respond or Comment COMMENTS ON THIS REPORT Author Response 18 Mar 2025 Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe , Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa 18 Mar 2025 Author Response Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with ... Continue reading Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written it goes back and forth throughout with current, future and past tense. Author’s reply: The manuscript has been reviewed and revised accordingly wherever applicable. Do not use the word handicapped. Use the word children with a disability Author’s reply: thank you for that comment, the word handicap was replaced with disability Pg 3 paragraph 1 in the introduction, don’t say school-going just say school age Author’s reply: The revision was made to correct school-going to school age Pg. 3 Same paragraph Don’t say impairment say disability Author’s reply: The revision was made to replace the word impairment with disability Pg. 3 3 rd paragraph what is an FGD? Introduce this before you use the acronym Author’s reply: The FGDs acronym was defined as the focus group discussions at the beginning of paragraph 3. Pg. 3 under Focus Group-you said the professionals worked with children. Did they specifically work with children with VI? If so please say it here. Author’s reply: To bring more information and clarification, the below sentence was added to the manuscript of the section of the FGDS: “ A purposive sampling method was employed to recruit relevant, information-rich participants, that specifically work with children living with VI. The participants included one nurse, two occupational therapists, two optometrists, and four teachers from both mainstream and special schools. Among the experts, one occupational therapist worked at a school for visually impaired students, two optometrists were based at a low vision clinic specializing in children, and two teachers were also from the visually impaired school. The other professionals generally worked with children, and had interacted with various children, living with and without visual impairments .” Pg. 4 you describe the questions you used. Who generated these questions? Was this list of questions validated? In other words, did any experts review the questions with your purpose statement to ensure they are valid and will result in effective results? For example, you ask about “good vision”. This is so subjective I would never use such a subjective term. If you did not validate these questions you need to add this issue to the limitations of this study. If only one person generated the questions there is certainly bias. Authors’s reply: extra information were added for some clarity, and the limitations were added to the manuscript with a statement below: “The prompt questions used in the focus group discussions were never validated, which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection.” Pg. 4, this sentence “All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any impairments apart from vision” does not say impairments say disabilities. Author’s reply: The revision was made to revise the word impairments into disabilities. What questions did you use for the focus group of the children? Were these questions validated? If not then add this issue to your limitations. Author’s reply: Those are the questions used by experts and extra information was added to bring more clarity. The limitations statement was provided the same as the one for query number 7 This study is not a qualitative study. It appears that you already had a template that the statements fit into. A qualitative study allows the data to be the results with NO preconceived outcome. This structure of the table literally puts the responses into a box and does not allow for the findings to emerge. You need to look up what qualitative research is and then revise this study. Author’s reply: Thank you for the input. This study was an objective in a larger project. This study used purposive sampling to identify information-rich participants who took part in FGDs to give responses that addressed the research question. Discussions were recorded and captured verbatim. As such, the study was classified as qualitative. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and create a framework in an earlier objective of the study (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081009). The FGD objective that this manuscript addresses used that framework to inform its line of questioning and its data analysis. Under results, do not say “normal vision”. Just say vision. Also, if 34% had no VI then why were they in the study? Author’s reply: Including normally sighted children in the study aimed to capture a broader range of activities that all children engage in during their daily lives. Focusing solely on visually impaired children would restrict the activities to those that only they could participate in. By including normally sighted children, we can understand the full spectrum of activities that children, regardless of their disabilities, are expected to be involved in. Pg. 13 you state “For children to perform well, effective eyehand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities.” This is not true. There are many blind sports such as goalball, blind tennis, and blind soccer to name a few that require no vision. You say this several times throughout the manuscript. You need to change this belief as it is just not true. These are international sports so they are available to these children. Author’s reply: This is well noted. All relevant sentences have been rephrased to indicate that eye hand coordination, clear vision and good depth perception are advantageous visual abilities, particularly for participation in sporting activities. Your discussion highlights several important points, such as isolation and loneliness, the need for sports, and more. These insights could have emerged with a more in-depth analysis of your data, which would have allowed for a richer exploration of these themes in your paper Author’s reply: This is well noted, and will be taken into consideration for future manuscripts. I suggest you forgo the need to try to fit this data into an existing list of criteria. Instead use the data you found and truly develop themes and subthemes so you can share the reality of the lived experiences of the participants. As this study reads now, the research questions used are not validated and you used the voices of the experts and the children to try and force them into an existing instrument. This is not the intention of qualitative research. Author’s reply: The reason for the predefined themes was that this manuscript is linked to a larger study, which aimed to develop a visual function quality of life instrument for rural school-aged children living with visual impairment. The data presented in this paper was focused on that objective. However, we approached this focus group discussion (FGD) with an open mind, which is why we were able to include a sociocultural theme or domain that we had not anticipated at the start of the data collection. Unless these researchers revise the manuscript to better reflect the voices of the children involved, its contribution to the literature may be limited. The effort is clearly present; now, it would be valuable to focus on listening to the participants and sharing their perspectives more fully. Author’s reply: I can confirm that this study successfully gathered all the necessary information from the participants. Furthermore, the significance of the findings presented in this manuscript lies in the fact that we examined a population that has not been previously studied in the development of existing quality of life tools. Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written it goes back and forth throughout with current, future and past tense. Author’s reply: The manuscript has been reviewed and revised accordingly wherever applicable. Do not use the word handicapped. Use the word children with a disability Author’s reply: thank you for that comment, the word handicap was replaced with disability Pg 3 paragraph 1 in the introduction, don’t say school-going just say school age Author’s reply: The revision was made to correct school-going to school age Pg. 3 Same paragraph Don’t say impairment say disability Author’s reply: The revision was made to replace the word impairment with disability Pg. 3 3 rd paragraph what is an FGD? Introduce this before you use the acronym Author’s reply: The FGDs acronym was defined as the focus group discussions at the beginning of paragraph 3. Pg. 3 under Focus Group-you said the professionals worked with children. Did they specifically work with children with VI? If so please say it here. Author’s reply: To bring more information and clarification, the below sentence was added to the manuscript of the section of the FGDS: “ A purposive sampling method was employed to recruit relevant, information-rich participants, that specifically work with children living with VI. The participants included one nurse, two occupational therapists, two optometrists, and four teachers from both mainstream and special schools. Among the experts, one occupational therapist worked at a school for visually impaired students, two optometrists were based at a low vision clinic specializing in children, and two teachers were also from the visually impaired school. The other professionals generally worked with children, and had interacted with various children, living with and without visual impairments .” Pg. 4 you describe the questions you used. Who generated these questions? Was this list of questions validated? In other words, did any experts review the questions with your purpose statement to ensure they are valid and will result in effective results? For example, you ask about “good vision”. This is so subjective I would never use such a subjective term. If you did not validate these questions you need to add this issue to the limitations of this study. If only one person generated the questions there is certainly bias. Authors’s reply: extra information were added for some clarity, and the limitations were added to the manuscript with a statement below: “The prompt questions used in the focus group discussions were never validated, which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection.” Pg. 4, this sentence “All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any impairments apart from vision” does not say impairments say disabilities. Author’s reply: The revision was made to revise the word impairments into disabilities. What questions did you use for the focus group of the children? Were these questions validated? If not then add this issue to your limitations. Author’s reply: Those are the questions used by experts and extra information was added to bring more clarity. The limitations statement was provided the same as the one for query number 7 This study is not a qualitative study. It appears that you already had a template that the statements fit into. A qualitative study allows the data to be the results with NO preconceived outcome. This structure of the table literally puts the responses into a box and does not allow for the findings to emerge. You need to look up what qualitative research is and then revise this study. Author’s reply: Thank you for the input. This study was an objective in a larger project. This study used purposive sampling to identify information-rich participants who took part in FGDs to give responses that addressed the research question. Discussions were recorded and captured verbatim. As such, the study was classified as qualitative. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and create a framework in an earlier objective of the study (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081009). The FGD objective that this manuscript addresses used that framework to inform its line of questioning and its data analysis. Under results, do not say “normal vision”. Just say vision. Also, if 34% had no VI then why were they in the study? Author’s reply: Including normally sighted children in the study aimed to capture a broader range of activities that all children engage in during their daily lives. Focusing solely on visually impaired children would restrict the activities to those that only they could participate in. By including normally sighted children, we can understand the full spectrum of activities that children, regardless of their disabilities, are expected to be involved in. Pg. 13 you state “For children to perform well, effective eyehand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities.” This is not true. There are many blind sports such as goalball, blind tennis, and blind soccer to name a few that require no vision. You say this several times throughout the manuscript. You need to change this belief as it is just not true. These are international sports so they are available to these children. Author’s reply: This is well noted. All relevant sentences have been rephrased to indicate that eye hand coordination, clear vision and good depth perception are advantageous visual abilities, particularly for participation in sporting activities. Your discussion highlights several important points, such as isolation and loneliness, the need for sports, and more. These insights could have emerged with a more in-depth analysis of your data, which would have allowed for a richer exploration of these themes in your paper Author’s reply: This is well noted, and will be taken into consideration for future manuscripts. I suggest you forgo the need to try to fit this data into an existing list of criteria. Instead use the data you found and truly develop themes and subthemes so you can share the reality of the lived experiences of the participants. As this study reads now, the research questions used are not validated and you used the voices of the experts and the children to try and force them into an existing instrument. This is not the intention of qualitative research. Author’s reply: The reason for the predefined themes was that this manuscript is linked to a larger study, which aimed to develop a visual function quality of life instrument for rural school-aged children living with visual impairment. The data presented in this paper was focused on that objective. However, we approached this focus group discussion (FGD) with an open mind, which is why we were able to include a sociocultural theme or domain that we had not anticipated at the start of the data collection. Unless these researchers revise the manuscript to better reflect the voices of the children involved, its contribution to the literature may be limited. The effort is clearly present; now, it would be valuable to focus on listening to the participants and sharing their perspectives more fully. Author’s reply: I can confirm that this study successfully gathered all the necessary information from the participants. Furthermore, the significance of the findings presented in this manuscript lies in the fact that we examined a population that has not been previously studied in the development of existing quality of life tools. Competing Interests: They are no competing interest Close Report a concern COMMENT ON THIS REPORT Views 0 Cite How to cite this report: Mettla AL. Reviewer Report For: Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] . F1000Research 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.175189.r358837 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1538/v1#referee-response-358837 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. Close Copy Citation Details Reviewer Report 10 Feb 2025 Asha Latha Mettla , L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Approved VIEWS 0 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.175189.r358837 Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') ... Continue reading READ ALL Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') and experts and children were part of the discussions. Purposive sampling is used and children mapped to different levels of visual impairment were included into FGDs'. Template analysis is adapted to analyse the results of the FGDs'. The responses were categorised based on the codes available in the existing literature and the statements were further mapped based on the response type as neutral, positive and negative ones. The impact of visual impairment on the lives of children at different functional aspects like motor, language, social, cognitive aspects and the impact on academic performance is discussed. Details related to responses given as "Partly:: Methods: The categorisation of statements to different domains/subscale and the classification of statements based one emotional tone is mentioned under the steps followed. However, additional details on how this is ensured among the two individuals involved in allocating the responses to different domains may be required. It may give information about ensuring standardisation among the people and also will tell on how the disagreements between the coders is resolved while assigning the domains and assigning the comments to positive, negative or neutral. Parents, an important part of children's daily life are not included into the group discussions. A few lines mentioning the rationale for not including parents may be useful. Results: If possible, tables that show the results of the focus group discussions may be given for the children and the experts, separately. It helps to give a clear understanding on the outcomes of the discussions based on the categories versus the responses. This may be a basis to develop the tool for children to measure the impact, as given in conclusion. Discussion: The importance of the results and how it helps in giving a basis for the requirement of a separate tool may be brought into the discussion. It will strengthen the idea of developing the items of the questionnaire. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? 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F1000Research 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.175189.r358837 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1538/v1#referee-response-358837 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in all citations of this article. COPY CITATION DETAILS Report a concern Author Response 18 Mar 2025 Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe , Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa 18 Mar 2025 Author Response Reviewer: Asha Latha Mettla Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual ... Continue reading Reviewer: Asha Latha Mettla Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') and experts and children were part of the discussions. Purposive sampling is used and children mapped to different levels of visual impairment were included into FGDs'. Template analysis is adapted to analyse the results of the FGDs'. The responses were categorised based on the codes available in the existing literature and the statements were further mapped based on the response type as neutral, positive and negative ones. The impact of visual impairment on the lives of children at different functional aspects like motor, language, social, cognitive aspects and the impact on academic performance is discussed. Details related to responses given as "Partly:: Methods: The categorisation of statements to different domains/subscale and the classification of statements based one emotional tone is mentioned under the steps followed. However, additional details on how this is ensured among the two individuals involved in allocating the responses to different domains may be required. It may give information about ensuring standardisation among the people and also will tell on how the disagreements between the coders is resolved while assigning the domains and assigning the comments to positive, negative or neutral. Author's reply: Some information was added to bring clarity to the query above within the body of the manuscript: “PI and SS initially chart and distribute data independently by domain, and later meet to discuss and finalise the charted and distributed data” Parents, an important part of children's daily life are not included into the group discussions. A few lines mentioning the rationale for not including parents may be useful. Author’s reply: Thank you for the comment, this imported point was noted and put as a limitation as below statement: “Parents play a very important role in their children's daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognized as a limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed.” Results: If possible, tables that show the results of the focus group discussions may be given for the children and the experts, separately. It helps to give a clear understanding on the outcomes of the discussions based on the categories versus the responses. This may be a basis to develop the tool for children to measure the impact, as given in conclusion. Author’s reply: A table was created during the preparation of this manuscript (see below), but it was removed to shorten the document. The information originally included in the table is already presented in the results section under the heading "Summary of the Generated Domains," along with examples of statements assigned to each domain. Discussion: The importance of the results and how it helps in giving a basis for the requirement of a separate tool may be brought into the discussion. It will strengthen the idea of developing the items of the questionnaire. Author’s reply: The below statement was added to motivate the development of VRQoL tool. “This study highlights the need to develop a tool specifically designed for rural South African children, even though other tools already exist. Additionally, the findings of this study contribute to the existing literature by emphasizing the importance of incorporating the sociocultural domain into quality of life (QoL) tools”. Reviewer: Asha Latha Mettla Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') and experts and children were part of the discussions. Purposive sampling is used and children mapped to different levels of visual impairment were included into FGDs'. Template analysis is adapted to analyse the results of the FGDs'. The responses were categorised based on the codes available in the existing literature and the statements were further mapped based on the response type as neutral, positive and negative ones. The impact of visual impairment on the lives of children at different functional aspects like motor, language, social, cognitive aspects and the impact on academic performance is discussed. Details related to responses given as "Partly:: Methods: The categorisation of statements to different domains/subscale and the classification of statements based one emotional tone is mentioned under the steps followed. However, additional details on how this is ensured among the two individuals involved in allocating the responses to different domains may be required. It may give information about ensuring standardisation among the people and also will tell on how the disagreements between the coders is resolved while assigning the domains and assigning the comments to positive, negative or neutral. Author's reply: Some information was added to bring clarity to the query above within the body of the manuscript: “PI and SS initially chart and distribute data independently by domain, and later meet to discuss and finalise the charted and distributed data” Parents, an important part of children's daily life are not included into the group discussions. A few lines mentioning the rationale for not including parents may be useful. Author’s reply: Thank you for the comment, this imported point was noted and put as a limitation as below statement: “Parents play a very important role in their children's daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognized as a limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed.” Results: If possible, tables that show the results of the focus group discussions may be given for the children and the experts, separately. It helps to give a clear understanding on the outcomes of the discussions based on the categories versus the responses. This may be a basis to develop the tool for children to measure the impact, as given in conclusion. Author’s reply: A table was created during the preparation of this manuscript (see below), but it was removed to shorten the document. The information originally included in the table is already presented in the results section under the heading "Summary of the Generated Domains," along with examples of statements assigned to each domain. Discussion: The importance of the results and how it helps in giving a basis for the requirement of a separate tool may be brought into the discussion. It will strengthen the idea of developing the items of the questionnaire. Author’s reply: The below statement was added to motivate the development of VRQoL tool. “This study highlights the need to develop a tool specifically designed for rural South African children, even though other tools already exist. Additionally, the findings of this study contribute to the existing literature by emphasizing the importance of incorporating the sociocultural domain into quality of life (QoL) tools”. Competing Interests: They are no competing interests Close Report a concern Respond or Comment COMMENTS ON THIS REPORT Author Response 18 Mar 2025 Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe , Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa 18 Mar 2025 Author Response Reviewer: Asha Latha Mettla Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual ... Continue reading Reviewer: Asha Latha Mettla Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') and experts and children were part of the discussions. Purposive sampling is used and children mapped to different levels of visual impairment were included into FGDs'. Template analysis is adapted to analyse the results of the FGDs'. The responses were categorised based on the codes available in the existing literature and the statements were further mapped based on the response type as neutral, positive and negative ones. The impact of visual impairment on the lives of children at different functional aspects like motor, language, social, cognitive aspects and the impact on academic performance is discussed. Details related to responses given as "Partly:: Methods: The categorisation of statements to different domains/subscale and the classification of statements based one emotional tone is mentioned under the steps followed. However, additional details on how this is ensured among the two individuals involved in allocating the responses to different domains may be required. It may give information about ensuring standardisation among the people and also will tell on how the disagreements between the coders is resolved while assigning the domains and assigning the comments to positive, negative or neutral. Author's reply: Some information was added to bring clarity to the query above within the body of the manuscript: “PI and SS initially chart and distribute data independently by domain, and later meet to discuss and finalise the charted and distributed data” Parents, an important part of children's daily life are not included into the group discussions. A few lines mentioning the rationale for not including parents may be useful. Author’s reply: Thank you for the comment, this imported point was noted and put as a limitation as below statement: “Parents play a very important role in their children's daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognized as a limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed.” Results: If possible, tables that show the results of the focus group discussions may be given for the children and the experts, separately. It helps to give a clear understanding on the outcomes of the discussions based on the categories versus the responses. This may be a basis to develop the tool for children to measure the impact, as given in conclusion. Author’s reply: A table was created during the preparation of this manuscript (see below), but it was removed to shorten the document. The information originally included in the table is already presented in the results section under the heading "Summary of the Generated Domains," along with examples of statements assigned to each domain. Discussion: The importance of the results and how it helps in giving a basis for the requirement of a separate tool may be brought into the discussion. It will strengthen the idea of developing the items of the questionnaire. Author’s reply: The below statement was added to motivate the development of VRQoL tool. “This study highlights the need to develop a tool specifically designed for rural South African children, even though other tools already exist. Additionally, the findings of this study contribute to the existing literature by emphasizing the importance of incorporating the sociocultural domain into quality of life (QoL) tools”. Reviewer: Asha Latha Mettla Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') and experts and children were part of the discussions. Purposive sampling is used and children mapped to different levels of visual impairment were included into FGDs'. Template analysis is adapted to analyse the results of the FGDs'. The responses were categorised based on the codes available in the existing literature and the statements were further mapped based on the response type as neutral, positive and negative ones. The impact of visual impairment on the lives of children at different functional aspects like motor, language, social, cognitive aspects and the impact on academic performance is discussed. Details related to responses given as "Partly:: Methods: The categorisation of statements to different domains/subscale and the classification of statements based one emotional tone is mentioned under the steps followed. However, additional details on how this is ensured among the two individuals involved in allocating the responses to different domains may be required. It may give information about ensuring standardisation among the people and also will tell on how the disagreements between the coders is resolved while assigning the domains and assigning the comments to positive, negative or neutral. Author's reply: Some information was added to bring clarity to the query above within the body of the manuscript: “PI and SS initially chart and distribute data independently by domain, and later meet to discuss and finalise the charted and distributed data” Parents, an important part of children's daily life are not included into the group discussions. A few lines mentioning the rationale for not including parents may be useful. Author’s reply: Thank you for the comment, this imported point was noted and put as a limitation as below statement: “Parents play a very important role in their children's daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognized as a limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed.” Results: If possible, tables that show the results of the focus group discussions may be given for the children and the experts, separately. It helps to give a clear understanding on the outcomes of the discussions based on the categories versus the responses. This may be a basis to develop the tool for children to measure the impact, as given in conclusion. Author’s reply: A table was created during the preparation of this manuscript (see below), but it was removed to shorten the document. The information originally included in the table is already presented in the results section under the heading "Summary of the Generated Domains," along with examples of statements assigned to each domain. Discussion: The importance of the results and how it helps in giving a basis for the requirement of a separate tool may be brought into the discussion. It will strengthen the idea of developing the items of the questionnaire. Author’s reply: The below statement was added to motivate the development of VRQoL tool. “This study highlights the need to develop a tool specifically designed for rural South African children, even though other tools already exist. Additionally, the findings of this study contribute to the existing literature by emphasizing the importance of incorporating the sociocultural domain into quality of life (QoL) tools”. Competing Interests: They are no competing interests Close Report a concern COMMENT ON THIS REPORT Comments on this article Comments (0) Version 2 VERSION 2 PUBLISHED 20 Dec 2024 ADD YOUR COMMENT Comment keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Open Peer Review Reviewer Status info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions Reviewer Reports Invited Reviewers 1 2 3 Version 2 (revision) 18 Mar 25 read Version 1 20 Dec 24 read read Asha Latha Mettla , L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India Lauren J. 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This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. format_quote Cite this report speaker_notes Responses (0) Approved info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions It was very interesting to read this work, And it adds upon priori research as it as a multidisciplinary perspective including physicians. It was really interesting to see VI children challenges apart from learning such as social cultural, emotional and psychologic, visual comfort domain (and how it affects their daily lives): There are some improvements : - the coding process can be improved, showing the number of coders and the reliability of the coding process. I thank the authors for this multidisciplinary paper. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? Yes If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Not applicable Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Yes Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Yes Competing Interests No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise HCI and HRI for children with disabilities I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard. reply Respond to this report Responses (0) Neto I. Peer Review Report For: Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] . F1000Research 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.179286.r374402) NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1538/v2#referee-response-374402 keyboard_arrow_left Back to all reports Reviewer Report 0 Views copyright © 2025 Lieberman L. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 14 Feb 2025 | for Version 1 Lauren J. Lieberman , The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA 0 Views copyright © 2025 Lieberman L. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. format_quote Cite this report speaker_notes Responses (1) Not Approved info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written it goes back and forth throughout with current, future and past tense. Do not use the word handicapped. Use the word children with a disability Pg 3 paragraph 1 in the introduction don’t say school-going just say school age Pg. 3 Same paragraph Don’t say impairment say disability Pg. 3 3 rd paragraph what is an FGD? Introduce this before you use the acronym Pg. 3 under Focus Group-you said the professionals worked with children. Did they specifically work with children with VI? If so please say it here. Pg. 4 you describe the questions you used. Who generated these questions? Was this list of questions validated? In other words, did any experts review the questions with your purpose statement to ensure they are valid and will result in effective results? For example, you ask about “good vision”. This is so subjective I would never use such a subjective term. If you did not validate these questions you need to add this issue to the limitations of this study. If only one person generated the questions there is certainly bias. Pg. 4 this sentence “All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any impairments apart from vision” do not say impairments say disabilities. What questions did you use for the focus group of the children? Were these questions validated? If not then add this issue to your limitations. This study is not a qualitative study. It appears that you already had a template that the statements fit into. A qualitative study allows the data to be the results with NO preconceived outcome. This structure of the table literally puts the responses into a box and does not allow for the findings to emerge. You need to look up what qualitative research is and then revise this study. Under results do not say “normal vision” just say vision. Also, if 34% had no VI then why were they in the study? Pg. 13 you state “For children to perform well, effective eyehand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities.” This is not true. There are many blind sports such as goalball, blind tennis, and blind soccer to name a few that require no vision. You say this several times throughout the manuscript. You need to change this belief as it is just not true. These are international sports so they are available to these children. Your discussion highlights several important points, such as isolation and loneliness, the need for sports, and more. These insights could have emerged with a more in-depth analysis of your data, which would have allowed for a richer exploration of these themes in your paper I suggest you forgo the need to try to fit this data into an existing list of criteria. Instead use the data you found and truly develop themes and subthemes so you can share the reality of the lived experiences of the participants. As this study reads now, the research questions used are not validated and you used the voices of the experts and the children to try and force them into an existing instrument. This is not the intention of qualitative research. Unless these researchers revise the manuscript to better reflect the voices of the children involved, its contribution to the literature may be limited. The effort is clearly present; now, it would be valuable to focus on listening to the participants and sharing their perspectives more fully. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? No Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Partly Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? No If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? No Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? No Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? No Competing Interests No competing interests were disclosed. I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to state that I do not consider it to be of an acceptable scientific standard, for reasons outlined above. reply Respond to this report Responses (1) Author Response 18 Mar 2025 Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe, Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion This study was completed in the past. Please revise this manuscript to align with past tense in English. As it is written it goes back and forth throughout with current, future and past tense. Author’s reply: The manuscript has been reviewed and revised accordingly wherever applicable. Do not use the word handicapped. Use the word children with a disability Author’s reply: thank you for that comment, the word handicap was replaced with disability Pg 3 paragraph 1 in the introduction, don’t say school-going just say school age Author’s reply: The revision was made to correct school-going to school age Pg. 3 Same paragraph Don’t say impairment say disability Author’s reply: The revision was made to replace the word impairment with disability Pg. 3 3 rd paragraph what is an FGD? Introduce this before you use the acronym Author’s reply: The FGDs acronym was defined as the focus group discussions at the beginning of paragraph 3. Pg. 3 under Focus Group-you said the professionals worked with children. Did they specifically work with children with VI? If so please say it here. Author’s reply: To bring more information and clarification, the below sentence was added to the manuscript of the section of the FGDS: “ A purposive sampling method was employed to recruit relevant, information-rich participants, that specifically work with children living with VI. The participants included one nurse, two occupational therapists, two optometrists, and four teachers from both mainstream and special schools. Among the experts, one occupational therapist worked at a school for visually impaired students, two optometrists were based at a low vision clinic specializing in children, and two teachers were also from the visually impaired school. The other professionals generally worked with children, and had interacted with various children, living with and without visual impairments .” Pg. 4 you describe the questions you used. Who generated these questions? Was this list of questions validated? In other words, did any experts review the questions with your purpose statement to ensure they are valid and will result in effective results? For example, you ask about “good vision”. This is so subjective I would never use such a subjective term. If you did not validate these questions you need to add this issue to the limitations of this study. If only one person generated the questions there is certainly bias. Authors’s reply: extra information were added for some clarity, and the limitations were added to the manuscript with a statement below: “The prompt questions used in the focus group discussions were never validated, which may introduce some level of bias. However, these questions were developed based on existing literature prior to the study and reviewed by all three authors. They served primarily as guidelines and follow-up questions were employed to gather additional information from participants as needed, helping us to achieve saturation in our data collection.” Pg. 4, this sentence “All participating children were proficient in English and did not have any impairments apart from vision” does not say impairments say disabilities. Author’s reply: The revision was made to revise the word impairments into disabilities. What questions did you use for the focus group of the children? Were these questions validated? If not then add this issue to your limitations. Author’s reply: Those are the questions used by experts and extra information was added to bring more clarity. The limitations statement was provided the same as the one for query number 7 This study is not a qualitative study. It appears that you already had a template that the statements fit into. A qualitative study allows the data to be the results with NO preconceived outcome. This structure of the table literally puts the responses into a box and does not allow for the findings to emerge. You need to look up what qualitative research is and then revise this study. Author’s reply: Thank you for the input. This study was an objective in a larger project. This study used purposive sampling to identify information-rich participants who took part in FGDs to give responses that addressed the research question. Discussions were recorded and captured verbatim. As such, the study was classified as qualitative. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and create a framework in an earlier objective of the study (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081009). The FGD objective that this manuscript addresses used that framework to inform its line of questioning and its data analysis. Under results, do not say “normal vision”. Just say vision. Also, if 34% had no VI then why were they in the study? Author’s reply: Including normally sighted children in the study aimed to capture a broader range of activities that all children engage in during their daily lives. Focusing solely on visually impaired children would restrict the activities to those that only they could participate in. By including normally sighted children, we can understand the full spectrum of activities that children, regardless of their disabilities, are expected to be involved in. Pg. 13 you state “For children to perform well, effective eyehand coordination, clear vision, and good depth perception are crucial visual abilities.” This is not true. There are many blind sports such as goalball, blind tennis, and blind soccer to name a few that require no vision. You say this several times throughout the manuscript. You need to change this belief as it is just not true. These are international sports so they are available to these children. Author’s reply: This is well noted. All relevant sentences have been rephrased to indicate that eye hand coordination, clear vision and good depth perception are advantageous visual abilities, particularly for participation in sporting activities. Your discussion highlights several important points, such as isolation and loneliness, the need for sports, and more. These insights could have emerged with a more in-depth analysis of your data, which would have allowed for a richer exploration of these themes in your paper Author’s reply: This is well noted, and will be taken into consideration for future manuscripts. I suggest you forgo the need to try to fit this data into an existing list of criteria. Instead use the data you found and truly develop themes and subthemes so you can share the reality of the lived experiences of the participants. As this study reads now, the research questions used are not validated and you used the voices of the experts and the children to try and force them into an existing instrument. This is not the intention of qualitative research. Author’s reply: The reason for the predefined themes was that this manuscript is linked to a larger study, which aimed to develop a visual function quality of life instrument for rural school-aged children living with visual impairment. The data presented in this paper was focused on that objective. However, we approached this focus group discussion (FGD) with an open mind, which is why we were able to include a sociocultural theme or domain that we had not anticipated at the start of the data collection. Unless these researchers revise the manuscript to better reflect the voices of the children involved, its contribution to the literature may be limited. The effort is clearly present; now, it would be valuable to focus on listening to the participants and sharing their perspectives more fully. Author’s reply: I can confirm that this study successfully gathered all the necessary information from the participants. Furthermore, the significance of the findings presented in this manuscript lies in the fact that we examined a population that has not been previously studied in the development of existing quality of life tools. View more View less Competing Interests They are no competing interest reply Respond Report a concern Lieberman LJ. Peer Review Report For: Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] . F1000Research 2025, 13 :1538 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.175189.r356442) NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1538/v1#referee-response-356442 keyboard_arrow_left Back to all reports Reviewer Report 0 Views copyright © 2025 Mettla A. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 10 Feb 2025 | for Version 1 Asha Latha Mettla , L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 0 Views copyright © 2025 Mettla A. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. format_quote Cite this report speaker_notes Responses (1) Approved info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') and experts and children were part of the discussions. Purposive sampling is used and children mapped to different levels of visual impairment were included into FGDs'. Template analysis is adapted to analyse the results of the FGDs'. The responses were categorised based on the codes available in the existing literature and the statements were further mapped based on the response type as neutral, positive and negative ones. The impact of visual impairment on the lives of children at different functional aspects like motor, language, social, cognitive aspects and the impact on academic performance is discussed. Details related to responses given as "Partly:: Methods: The categorisation of statements to different domains/subscale and the classification of statements based one emotional tone is mentioned under the steps followed. However, additional details on how this is ensured among the two individuals involved in allocating the responses to different domains may be required. It may give information about ensuring standardisation among the people and also will tell on how the disagreements between the coders is resolved while assigning the domains and assigning the comments to positive, negative or neutral. Parents, an important part of children's daily life are not included into the group discussions. A few lines mentioning the rationale for not including parents may be useful. Results: If possible, tables that show the results of the focus group discussions may be given for the children and the experts, separately. It helps to give a clear understanding on the outcomes of the discussions based on the categories versus the responses. This may be a basis to develop the tool for children to measure the impact, as given in conclusion. Discussion: The importance of the results and how it helps in giving a basis for the requirement of a separate tool may be brought into the discussion. It will strengthen the idea of developing the items of the questionnaire. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? Partly If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required. Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Partly Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Yes Competing Interests No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise Health economics, Project management and Children Eye Care in Public Health. I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard. reply Respond to this report Responses (1) Author Response 18 Mar 2025 Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe, Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa Reviewer: Asha Latha Mettla Summary: The study is an addition of evidence to the existing literature on the importance of assessment of the quality of life of Children with visual impairment. This is a qualitative study conducted in the form of focus group discussions(FGDs') and experts and children were part of the discussions. Purposive sampling is used and children mapped to different levels of visual impairment were included into FGDs'. Template analysis is adapted to analyse the results of the FGDs'. The responses were categorised based on the codes available in the existing literature and the statements were further mapped based on the response type as neutral, positive and negative ones. The impact of visual impairment on the lives of children at different functional aspects like motor, language, social, cognitive aspects and the impact on academic performance is discussed. Details related to responses given as "Partly:: Methods: The categorisation of statements to different domains/subscale and the classification of statements based one emotional tone is mentioned under the steps followed. However, additional details on how this is ensured among the two individuals involved in allocating the responses to different domains may be required. It may give information about ensuring standardisation among the people and also will tell on how the disagreements between the coders is resolved while assigning the domains and assigning the comments to positive, negative or neutral. Author's reply: Some information was added to bring clarity to the query above within the body of the manuscript: “PI and SS initially chart and distribute data independently by domain, and later meet to discuss and finalise the charted and distributed data” Parents, an important part of children's daily life are not included into the group discussions. A few lines mentioning the rationale for not including parents may be useful. Author’s reply: Thank you for the comment, this imported point was noted and put as a limitation as below statement: “Parents play a very important role in their children's daily lives, so not including them in this study is recognized as a limitation. However, teachers spend most of their time with school-aged children, and having four of them involved in the study helped in collecting the enriched data that was needed.” Results: If possible, tables that show the results of the focus group discussions may be given for the children and the experts, separately. It helps to give a clear understanding on the outcomes of the discussions based on the categories versus the responses. This may be a basis to develop the tool for children to measure the impact, as given in conclusion. Author’s reply: A table was created during the preparation of this manuscript (see below), but it was removed to shorten the document. The information originally included in the table is already presented in the results section under the heading "Summary of the Generated Domains," along with examples of statements assigned to each domain. Discussion: The importance of the results and how it helps in giving a basis for the requirement of a separate tool may be brought into the discussion. It will strengthen the idea of developing the items of the questionnaire. Author’s reply: The below statement was added to motivate the development of VRQoL tool. “This study highlights the need to develop a tool specifically designed for rural South African children, even though other tools already exist. Additionally, the findings of this study contribute to the existing literature by emphasizing the importance of incorporating the sociocultural domain into quality of life (QoL) tools”. View more View less Competing Interests They are no competing interests reply Respond Report a concern Mettla AL. Peer Review Report For: Impact of vision problems on children’s daily activities: Insights from a focus group discussion [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] . 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