What to know
The Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS) includes indicators of the use of eye protection from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
Participates in high eye-risk activities
The NHIS includes questions asking if a person engages in activities that could cause eye injury. Slightly different questions are included in the NHIS Adult module and Child module:
Survey
Description
Question Text
Variable name(s)
Sample
Response options
NHIS – Adult module
Percentage of adults who participate in sports, hobbies, or other activities that can cause eye injury outside of work
Outside of work, do you participate in sports, hobbies, or other activities that can cause eye injury? This includes activities such as baseball, basketball, mowing the lawn, wood working, or working with chemicals.
AVISACT
Ages 18+
1 – Yes, 2 – No, 7 – Refused, 8 - Not ascertained, 9 – Don’t know
NHIS – Child Module
Percentage of children (ages 6-17) who participate in sports, hobbies, or other activities that can cause eye injury
Does [fill: SC name] participate in sports, hobbies, or other activities that can cause eye injury? This includes activities such as baseball, basketball, soccer and mowing the lawn.
CVISACT
Ages 6-17
1 – Yes, 2 – No, 7 – Refused, 8 - Not ascertained, 9 – Don’t know
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Wears eye protection during eye-risk activities
If a respondent reports "yes" that they participate in an activity with a high risk of eye injury, they are asked how often they use eye protection when engaged in these activities. Slightly different questions are included in the NHIS Adult module and Child module:
Survey
Description
Question Text
Variable name(s)
Sample
Response options
NHIS – Adult module
Proportion of adults who participate in activities which may cause injury that wear eye protection
When doing these activities, on average, do you wear eye protection always, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time?
AVISPROT
Ages 18+
1 - Always, 2 - Most of the time, 3 - Some of the time, 4 - None of the time, 7 - Refused, 8 - Not ascertained, 9 - Don’t know
NHIS – Child Module
Percentage of children (ages 6-17) who participate in sports, hobbies, or other activities that can cause eye injury that wear eye protection;
When doing these activities, on average, does [fill: he/she] wear eye protection always, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time?;
CVISPROT
Ages 6-17
1 - Always, 2 - Most of the time, 3 - Some of the time, 4 - None of the time, 7 - Refused, 8 - Not ascertained, 9 - Don’t know