Readability Assessment of Consent Forms Concerning Pediatric Dentistry Found on Turkish Websites
| Autor: | Asu Çakir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Zdroj: | Middle East Research Journal of Dentistry. 3:1-5 |
| ISSN: | 2958-2075 2789-8687 |
| DOI: | 10.36348/merjd.2023.v03i01.001 |
| Popis: | Aim: Informed consent of the patient must be obtained for any procedure to be performed on the patient. Consent forms should ensure that patients are adequately informed about the procedure to be applied to them. In the meantime, patients need to understand the consent form they have read. Therefore, this study aims to assess the readability of consent forms concerning pediatric dentistry in Turkey. Methodology: Using the keywords pediatric dentistry, consent form, general anesthesia, and sedation, 100 consent forms first encountered in Google search were examined. These consent forms were evaluated using the Ateşman readability index. Results: In this study, 100 websites were examined, and 62% of the consent forms were rated as medium difficulty. In terms of readability level, the text with the lowest readability level is at the fifth and sixth-grade levels, the text with the highest level is at the undergraduate level, and the text with the average level is at the ninth and tenth-grade levels. Conclusion: Considering that the rate of high school and above literacy in our country is 37%, it seems reasonable that health institutions should regulate the readability level of consent forms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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