Informed consent for total hip arthroplasty: does a written information sheet improve recall by patients?
| Autor: | R Hardin, I D Learmonth, I J Langdon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Arthroplasty Replacement Hip medicine.medical_treatment MEDLINE law.invention Patient Education as Topic Randomized controlled trial Informed consent law Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Informed Consent Recall business.industry Professional-Patient Relations General Medicine Arthroplasty Clinical trial Mental Recall Orthopedic surgery Physical therapy Female Surgery business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons. 84:404-408 |
| ISSN: | 1478-7083 0035-8843 |
| DOI: | 10.1308/003588402760978201 |
| Popis: | Objective To ascertain whether a written information sheet is acceptable to patients and improves recall of the consent interview. Design Prospective randomised controlled study using questionnaires, comparing a group of patients given information in a written sheet with appropriate explanation to a group given verbal information alone. Setting A specialist orthopaedic surgery unit. Patients The test group was 126 patients undergoing revision or primary total hip arthroplasty; 65 patients were given information verbally, 61 patients were given written information. Outcome measure Patients' recall of information given, tested with a questionnaire completed on admission (mean of 18 days later). Results The patients receiving written information scored significantly higher (48% correct answers) than the patients receiving verbal information (38% correct answers). Conclusions Written information sheets contribute to the process of informed consent. As patients' recall of information is generally poor, the sheets may also be useful medicolegally, as a permanent record of what was discussed. |
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