1School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Supplemental Digital Content: Appendix Table A1: Survey Items, available at https://links.lww.com/OPX/A602: survey item wording is provided. Survey items were presented in five sections: Information Sources and Access, Health Information, Eye and Vision Information, Comments, and Demographic Information. The survey followed a branching logic design. Surveys items with italicized text were visible depending on answers to other items. The number of items per section and the minimum number of items seen by respondents are indicated.
Appendix Table A2: Demographic Profile of Respondents, available at https://links.lww.com/OPX/A603: more detailed demographic information is provided beyond the general respondent summary indicated in the Respondents Section of the Results. Bold text highlights the most frequent response for each demographic category. There are more responses (437) for racial identity* because the 428 respondents could select more than one identity.
Submitted: December 19, 2022Accepted: May 30, 2023
Funding/Support: Canadian Optometric Education Trust Fund (to SM).
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None of the authors have reported a financial conflict of interest.
Author Contributions and Acknowledgments: Conceptualization: MMS, TL, DAJ, LWTC, NMF, SM, ELI; Formal Analysis: MMS, AHYC, TL, DAJ, LWTC, SM, ELI; Funding Acquisition: MMS, TL, DAJ, LWTC, NMF, SM, ELI; Investigation: MMS, TL, DAJ, LWTC, NMF, SM, ELI; Methodology: MMS, TL, DAJ, LWTC, NMF, SM, ELI; Project Administration: MMS, DAJ, ELI; Resources: DAJ, ELI; Validation: MMS, AHYC, TL, DAJ, LWTC, NMF, SM, ELI; Writing – Original Draft: MMS; Writing – Review & Editing: MMS, AHYC, TL, DAJ, LWTC, NMF, SM, ELI.This research received funding from the Canadian Optometric Education Trust Fund. Dr. Luisa Lee created the synopsis image artwork.