The Effect of Counseling on Cataract Patient Knowledge, Decisional Conflict, and Satisfaction.

ABSTRACT: Cataract is the leading cause of non-refractive preventable blindness, and comprehensive strategies to increase cataract surgery rates are imperative, including high-quality supportive patient education. We evaluated the effectiveness of non-physician pre-surgical counselors teaching patients about cataract and cataract surgery in improving patient knowledge, decisional conflict, and satisfaction.A survey was given before and after 61 newly-diagnosed cataract patients underwent pre-surgical counseling at the Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India. The survey measured change in cataract knowledge and decisional conflict, a measure of anxiety surrounding the decision to undergo surgery, along with patient satisfaction. Multiple regression was used to identify factors that influenced change in knowledge.Both patient knowledge scores and decisional conflict scores improved following counseling (mean difference +2.0, p?=?0.004 and +8.4, p?

SUBMITTER: Newman-Casey PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4774860 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature