The information and consent process in patients undergoing elective ENT surgery: A cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the importance of different information pathways for patients undergoing elective ENT surgery (General Practitioner, Specialist consultation, pre assessment clinic and consent process as well as printed information material and non medical sources) and to correlate their relative importance with patient and doctor factors METHODS - PATIENTS: Cross - sectional questionnaire survey226 consecutive patients undergoing elective non-oncological otolaryngology procedures at a District General Hospital between May and August 2004

Results

Overall patients were moderately satisfied with the information they received prior to surgery (score 63/100). Although they were generally satisfied with the quality of information they received at their outpatient consultation

SUBMITTER: Georgalas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2556309 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature