id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-354593-35qkn381 Sii, Samantha Siaw Zhen Impact of COVID-19 on cataract surgery- patients’ perceptions while waiting for cataract surgery and their willingness to attend hospital for cataract surgery during the easing of lockdown period 2020-10-22 .txt text/plain 838 50 49 title: Impact of COVID-19 on cataract surgerypatients' perceptions while waiting for cataract surgery and their willingness to attend hospital for cataract surgery during the easing of lockdown period During these unprecedented times, it is therefore important to keep patients informed, particularly about the potential risk of contracting COVID-19 infection during restoration of cataract surgery services [7] . The aim of this survey is to determine patients' perceptions while waiting for cataract surgery during the pandemic and their willingness to have their operation following the easing of lockdown. The survey's composite outcome measures were patients' concern regarding cataract surgery delay, their willingness to attend hospital for cataract surgery during easing of the COVID-19 lockdown, and their maximum acceptable waiting time (MAWT) for cataract surgery [8, 9] . Patient and physician perspectives of maximum acceptable waiting times for cataract surgery Which factors influence patients' maximum acceptable waiting time for cataract surgery? ./cache/cord-354593-35qkn381.txt ./txt/cord-354593-35qkn381.txt