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In the pre-operative period, patients feel afraid, anxious, nervous and insecure, afraid that their vision will not heal completely, afraid of unwanted complications. This feeling arises due to lack of knowledge or inadequate information and expected results after surgery. This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and anxiety in patients during pre-cataract surgery at Hospital B. Quantitative research with descriptive correlation design with a cross-sectional approach with a non-probably sampling technique, namely purposive sampling with a total of 41 respondents. Data collection through questionnaires, data were analyzed univariately with frequency distribution and bivariate correlation using the Spearman Rank correlation test. The majority of respondents with a good level of knowledge were 25 respondents (61%), most of whom had mild anxiety were 23 respondents (56.1%). From the results of the analysis with Spearman Rank correlation (rho) using the SPSS 24 for windows application, the results of the correlation coefficient between knowledge and anxiety in pre-operative patients were -0.448. This shows that there is a strong correlation between the relationship between knowledge and anxiety with a negative relationship direction, which means that the higher the patient's level of knowledge, the lower the patient's level of anxiety during pre-cataract surgery. With the result of p = 0.003, then p <0.05, this also shows that there is a relationship between knowledge and anxiety in patients during pre-surgery at Hospital B

Background: Pre-operative anxiety is the fear of pain after surgery, physical changes, facing surgical equipment and staff, death during anesthesia, failure of surgery or complications during surgery. Anxiety in patients who will undergo surgery can be overcome with non-framacological therapy, namely SEFT therapy which has a positive impact on reducing preoperative patient anxiety. Purpose: This case study aims to determine whether implementing SEFT therapy can reduce anxiety in preoperative patients Method : The method is a case study focusing on one patient. First, a numerical rating scale was utilised to measure the intensity of anxiety of the patients using the STAI (State-Traite Anxiety Inventory), then using SEFT therapy over of 3 stages, namely set-up, tune-in, and tapping between 10-15 minutes 1 time per day for 2 days, then re-evaluate using STAI to measure anxiety levels after the intervention  Results: The results show that using the SEFT therapeutic intervention, the preoperative patient's anxiety level decreased from moderate anxiety to mild anxiety Suggestion: Nurses could provide education to patients and their families in order to be able to reduce anxiety in the pre-operative phase so that patients can become more relaxed and comfortable.