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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 53)

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