“…Further, 89% of the patients preferred to get more information, indicating the importance of information (Kandula et al 2010). Many of these areas reported in previous studies, including injection technique, the need for information about the disease and progression, and the concern about treatment being effective to keep vision can be recognized in dimensions of the current study (Kandula et al 2010;Tailor et al 2011;Droege et al 2014;Table 4. Fear of injections is something that patients may experience in intravitreal treatment, not only because of pain or insufficient pain relief, but also because of discomfort, technique (needle entry, insertion of speculum), fear of the unknown and fear of losing their sight, as well as side effects.…”