From: Patients’ visual experience during phacoemulsification cataract surgery and associated fear
Variable | Count | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Age group | < 60 years | 25 | 47.2 |
≥ 60 years | 28 | 52.8 | |
Sex | Male | 30 | 56.6 |
Female | 23 | 43.4 | |
Level of education | Below primary | 7 | 13.2 |
Primary | 2 | 3.8 | |
Secondary | 13 | 24.5 | |
Graduate | 24 | 45.3 | |
Post graduate | 7 | 13.2 | |
Mother tongue | Balochi | 3 | 5.7 |
Pakhtoon | 3 | 5.7 | |
Punjabi | 3 | 5.7 | |
Sindhi | 10 | 18.9 | |
Urdu | 25 | 47.2 | |
Other | 9 | 17.0 | |
Preoperative visual acuity | ≥ 6/18 | 37 | 69.8 |
< 6/18 | 16 | 30.2 |