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Table 3 Percentage of patients that eye doctors (n=68) believed would experience visual sensations and anxiety/fear during cataract surgery

From: Knowledge of patients’ visual experience during cataract surgery: a survey of eye doctors in Karachi, Pakistan

Question

% ± SD

What percentage of patients do you believe would experience visual sensations during cataract surgery under regional anaesthesia?

38.9 ± 29.7

What percentage of patients do you believe would experience anxiety/fear by what they see during cataract surgery under regional anaesthesia?

24.2 ± 9.5

What percentage of patients do you believe would experience visual sensations during cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia?

64.3 ± 24.5

What percentage of patients do you believe would experience anxiety/fear by what they see during cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia?

36.9 ± 12.7