Women's Empowerment through Investing in Zanzibari Craftswomen's Eyesight

This non-controlled, mixed-method, before-after, intervention study included 209 craftswomen at baseline and 157 craftswomen 40 years and older at follow-up with correctable presbyopia. The women were corrected with glasses and followed up for six months (April 0222 - October 2022). A questionnaire was administer before and 6 months after they were provided with glasses.

Demographic profile data includes age group, education , craft type, years of experience, marital status, number of children, number of dependents, and possesion of mobile phone.

Eye health data include presenting distance vision at 6/12, right eye and left eye, cause vision worse than 6/12 in either eye and better eye, eye health examination for right eye and left eye and reason if fail examination, glasses prescription distance for right and left eye, corrected vision right eye and left eye, presenting near vision at N8 at 40cm, presenting near vision at N8 at working distance, possession of a pair of glasses, final near presentation and corrected near vision.

Outcomes of interests are women's empowerment, subjective wellbeing, earning, saving, and spending, self-reported work performance, quality of life and visual analog scale.