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Br J Ophthalmol 88:331-332 doi:10.1136/bjo/2003.020453
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What patients want to know before they have cataract surgery

Table 2

Responses to categorical questions

Description No % No response*
*No response to that particular question; the subject may have answered some of, or all of, the rest of the questionnaire.
Sex
    Female 117 59.7 7
    Male 79 40.3
Second operation?
    No 127 66.5 11
    Yes 64 33.5
Warn if 1 in 50 risk?
    No 10 6.5 47
    Yes 145 93.5
1 in 100
    No 18 15.9 89
    Yes 95 84.1
1 in 1000
    No 38 37.6 101
    Yes 63 62.4
1 in 10000
    No 51 50.0 100
    Yes 51 50.0
Legally required?
    No 15 8.5 25
    Yes 162 91.5
Verbal
    No 1 0.7 56
    Yes 145 99.3
Written
    No 15 14.3 97
    Yes 90 85.7
Video
    No 37 77.1 154
    Yes 11 22.9
Internet
    No 41 91.1 157
    Yes 4 8.9

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