Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze how patients experience pain during cataract surgery and the possible impact of speaking to the patients during the procedure. Materials and methods: Fifty-seven patients that were to undergo cataract surgery were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group after they filled out the STAI and PCS. The experimental group was distracted during the procedure by the surgeon speaking to them. NRS and STAI once again were used after the procedure to evaluate how pain was perceived. Results: No significant difference in pain perception could be shown between the experimental and the control group. But there were significant differences between men and women in their pain perception shown by the results of the PCS helplessness section as well as the post interventional STAI results. Also, some positive correlation was found between duration od surgery and NRS results. Conclusions: As of now distracting patients by speaking to them could not be proven to aid in decrease pain perceived during cataract surgery.