Barriers for Cataract Treatment among Elderly in Sri Lanka

Table 6

Attitudes and beliefs affecting the treatment seeking for cataract.

	Percentile
Question	25th	50th	75th
I am afraid to undergo a cataract surgery	0	0	8
I am worried about the cost I have to incur for the cataract surgery	1	8	10
I am afraid that the operation will lead to lose my eye sight further more	0	0	2
I believe that I could manage my work with one eye	0	0	5
I am afraid that operation will make me away from my daily routine work for long time	0	0	6
I believe that my poor eye vision is natural process and no need to intervene for that	0	0	2
I am worried that my partner, children and relatives will have to suffer due to eye surgery	0	0	7
I am afraid that I will have to wait long periods of time in the waiting list to do the operation	0	5	10
I am afraid that I will have to hang around for a long time in hospitals and clinics to get the treatment	0	6	10
I believe that I am too old to undergo an eye surgery	0	0	2
I am afraid that I have to limit my daily work due cataract surgery	0	1	7

0= not at all and 10= very much.