Table 7.

Important Information to Receive Upon AMD Diagnosis (n = 303)

Information	n (%)
Importance of going to doctor’s appointments	192 (63.4)
What to expect with this condition	203 (67.0)
Information about vitamins	165 (54.5)
Patients should receive more information at later appointments, so they have time to think about what they’d like to know	127 (41.9)
How to access support services and information on coping with vision loss	121 (39.9)
Other	16 (5.3)a

Note: participants could select more than one response. ^aResearch; stem cells/treatments; disease progression; importance of family support; nutrition; risk of conversion to wet AMD; low vision assistive technology; good explanation of diagnosis; available resources.

Abbreviation: AMD, age-related macular degeneration.