ArticlePerioperative medicine (London, England)2023
Knowledge of surgical informed consent and associated factors among patients undergone obstetric and gynecologic surgery at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2020: an institutional based cross-sectional study.
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- The knowledge-perception nexus: socio-linguistic disparities in surgical informed consent among patients at Ethiopian tertiary hospitals.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- The informed consent process for surgical procedures: perspectives of patients and next-of-kins in a lower middle-income country.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Knowledge and associated factors of patients toward informed consent in obstetric and gynecologic surgical procedures at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Surgical informed consent practices and influencing factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of the literature.BMJ quality & safety · 2024Article
- Practices of Informed Written Consent for Elective Urological Procedures at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sudan.Cureus · 2024Article
- Patient knowledge of surgical informed consent and shared decision-making process among surgical patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
- Assessment of Informed Consent Practices in Surgical Procedures at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northeast India: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationReview
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Abstract
introductionInformed consent is the process whereby a patient makes a voluntary decision about their medical and surgical care with knowledge of the benefits and potential risks. Poor informed consent processes may increase potential for medical errors and malpractice. Little is known of the knowledge of surgical informed consent with regard to their surgical treatment in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge of surgical informed consent and associated factors among patients who underwent obstetric and gynecologic surgery at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia. METHODS AND MATERIALS: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1 to May 30, 2020, among 404 women undergo obstetric and gynecologic surgery at Jimma Medical Center. Data were collected through a face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire. The collected data were coded, entered into Epi data version 3.1, and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Bivariate and multivariate regression analyses were performed to determine the association between an outcome variable and an independent variable. Tables, pie-charts, and texts were used to report the result.
resultsOf 404 patients sampled, only 372 women were agreed and participated in the study and gave response rate of 92.1%. The respondent satisfaction level (AOR 1.823 (95%CI 1.061-3.134)) and patient to provider relationship (AOR 0.472 (CI 1.217-3.697)) were associated with knowledge of surgical informed consent.
conclusionThe overall level of knowledge regarding informed consent for surgerywas significantly lower than that of other national and international figures. Patient satisfaction and patientto provider relationships were associated with knowledge of surgical informed consent. Adequate information should provide before surgery to improve patients' knowledge regarding surgical informed consent and to improve the consent process to make it better suited to fit the needs of all patients.
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