| Autor: |
Hortense Cotrim, Cristina Granja, Ana Sofia Carvalho, Carlos Cotrim, Rui Martins |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Healthcare, Vol 9, Iss 7, p 871 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2227-9032 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/healthcare9070871 |
| Popis: |
The assent procedure reflects an effort to enable the minor to understand, to the degree they are capable of, what their participation in the decision making process would involve. Aims: To evaluate the minors’ ability to understand the information provided to them when obtaining assent and to evaluate the opinion of the parents regarding the importance of asking the child’s assent. Methods: The sample included a total of 52 minors aged between 10 and 17 years who underwent exercise echocardiogram. The Quality of Informed Consent is divided into two parts: Part A was used to measure objective understanding and part B to measure subjective understanding. Results: The results show that the minors have a high capacity to understand the information given to them when asking for assent. A positive relationship was found between the two parts of the questionnaire. No statistically significant relationship was found between age and sex and part A and part B or between both age groups ( |
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