Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 100)

Gender (male)

13 (13)

Educational level

 Vocational training

26 (26)

 Higher education or University

74 (74)

Profession

 Occupational therapist / assessor

19 (19)

 Counsellor

61 (61)

 Social worker

20 (20)

Average contact frequency per client

 < 10 times

41 (41)

  > 10 times

59 (59)

Detection is part of my job

100 (100)

Intention to discuss suspected symptoms (yes)

56 (56)

Discuss feelings (yes)

81 (81)

Mean (SD)^a

Age in years

45.33 (11.00)

Work experience in low vision practice in years

12.68 (9.97)

Average client contacts per week

11.57 (8.44)

Average time per consultation in minutes

82.19 (44.80)

Awareness (depression) (scale 0–39)

26.54 (3.55)

Awareness (anxiety) (scale 0–39)

26.60 (3.36)

Attitude (scale 0–48)

38.32 (4.66)

Self-efficacy (scale 0–42)

19.43 (7.51)

Social influence (scale 0–42)

33.50 (5.37)

Confidence (depression) (scale 0–39)

22.52 (8.27)

Confidence (anxiety) (scale 0–39)

21.91 (7.91)

Barriers (scale 0–57)

20.44 (7.36)