Effect of a patient-information video on the preoperative anxiety levels of cataract surgery patients.

Purpose: To assess whether a cataract surgery patient-information video reduces patients' preoperative anxiety levels.

Setting: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.

Design: Prospective controlled trial of an intervention to reduce anxiety for first-eye elective cataract surgery patients.

Pakistani mothers' and fathers' experiences and understandings of the diagnosis of Down syndrome for their child.

Down syndrome (DS) is a relatively common chromosomal condition, which can be diagnosed prenatally. However, little is known about the diagnosis of the condition in developing countries. This qualitative study explored parents' experiences of the diagnosis of DS in Pakistan.