ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2016
Use of a simplified consent form to facilitate patient understanding of informed consent for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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- Interventions to Improve Patient Comprehension in Informed Consent for Medical and Surgical Procedures: An Updated Systematic Review.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2020Pooled it
- Utilizing the "teach-back" method to improve surgical informed consent and shared decision-making: a review.Patient safety in surgery · 2022Review
- Unreasonable obstinacy: Ethical, deontological and forensic medical problems.Journal of public health research · 2018Article
- Evaluation of the readability of informed consent forms used in urology: Is there a difference between open, endoscopic, and laparoscopic surgery?Turkish journal of surgery · 2018Article
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- Piercing and Tattoos in Adolescents: Legal and Medico-legal Implications.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2018Article
- The Central Importance of Information in Cosmetic Surgery and Treatments.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2018Article
- Aesthetic Dental Procedures: Legal and Medico-legal Implications.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSurgical informed consent forms can be complicated for patients to read and understand. We created a consent form with key information presented in bulleted texts and diagrams combined in a graphical format to facilitate the understanding of information during the verbal consent discussion.
methodsThis prospective, randomized study involved 70 adult patients awaiting cholecystectomy for gallstones. Consent was obtained after standard verbal explanation using either a graphically formatted (study group, n=33) or a standard text document (control group, n=37). Comprehension was evaluated with a 9-item multiple-choice questionnaire administered before surgery and factors affecting comprehension were analyzed.
resultsComparison of questionnaire scores showed no effect of age, sex, time between consent and surgery, or document format on understanding of informed consent. Educational level was the only predictor of comprehension.
conclusionsSimplified surgical consent documents meet the goals of health literacy and informed consent. Educational level appears to be a strong predictor of understanding.
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