Interventions to improve patient comprehension in informed consent for medical and surgical procedures: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient understanding in clinical informed consent is often poor. Little is known about the effectiveness of interventions to improve comprehension or the extent to which such interventions address different elements of understanding in informed consent.

Purpose

. To systematically review communication interventions to improve patient comprehension in informed consent for medical and surgical procedures. Data Sources. A systematic literature search of English-language articles in MEDLINE (1949-2008) and EMBASE (1974-2008) was performed. In addition, a published bibliography of empirical research on informed consent and the reference lists of all eligible studies were reviewed. Study Selection. Randomized controlled trials and controlled trials with nonrandom alloc

SUBMITTER: Schenker Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5419590 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature