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Knowledge Of Patients' Visual Experience During Cataract Surgery: A Survey Of Eye Doctors In Karachi, Pakistan, Mohammad Zain Tauqir, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Sehreen Mumtaz, Khabir Ahmad
Knowledge Of Patients' Visual Experience During Cataract Surgery: A Survey Of Eye Doctors In Karachi, Pakistan, Mohammad Zain Tauqir, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Sehreen Mumtaz, Khabir Ahmad
Department of Surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Several recent studies have recommended that ophthalmologists must be aware of the visual sensations (and their associated anxiety/fear) experienced by patients undergoing cataract surgery. We assessed the knowledge of a group of eye doctors in Pakistan regarding these phenomena.
METHODS:
This was a cross-sectional survey. Eye doctors (ophthalmologists, residents and medical officers) attending the Ophthalmological Society of Pakistan Annual Conference 2011, in Karachi were invited to participate in the study. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to examine their knowledge of visual sensations and their associated anxiety/fear experienced by patients during cataract surgery. Simple frequencies and proportions were …