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Table 5 Patient experience

From: Restarting cataract surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic; a prospective study analysing 30 day outcomes after elective cataract surgery in the United Kingdom

‘I was happy with my decision to proceed with cataract surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic’

 Strongly agree

507 (78.2%)

 Agree

109 (16.8%)

 Neutral

24 (3.7%)

 Disagree

6 (0.9%)

 Strongly disagree

2 (0.3%)

‘I was concerned I may have acquired COVID-19 infection due to attending hospital for my cataract surgery’

 Strongly agree

38 (5.9)

 Agree

50 (7.7%)

 Neutral

71 (11.0%)

 Disagree

123 (19.0%)

 Strongly disagree

366 (56.5%)

‘I believe there were adequate infection control measures in hospital to prevent transmission of COVID-19’

 Strongly agree

578 (89.2%)

 Agree

68 (10.5%)

 Neutral

1 (0.2%)

 Disagree

0 (0.0%

 Strongly disagree

1 (0.2%)