Table 3.

A summary of the impact of CBS on patients’ lives during the two time periods.

March 2019–February 2020 (N = 28)	September 2020–August 2021 (N = 19)
No impact on patients’ lives, n = 11 ‘Despite her visual hallucinations she is actually doing very well at present’ ‘Not upset by them and was relieved to hear that this is a common phenomenon’	No impact on patients’ lives, n = 4 ‘No effect, ignores the hallucinations’ ‘Still able to work despite hallucinations’
Negative impact on patients’ lives, n = 17 ‘Understands why he’s getting the images but cause him suffering’ ‘Debilitating and prevent him sleeping’	Negative impact on patients’ lives, n = 15 ‘Afraid of the hallucinations’ ‘Interfering with existing central vision’ ‘Impacting sleep and troubling patient daily’