The efficacy of mobile application use on recall of surgical risks in nasal bone fracture reduction surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of surgical risks recalled by a patient after surgery can be used as a parameter for assessing how well the patient has understood the informed consent process. No study has investigated the usefulness of a self-developed mobile application in the traditional informed consent process in patients with a nasal bone fracture. This study aimed to investigate whether delivery of information, such as surgical risks, through a mobile application is more effective than delivery of information through only verbal means and a paper.

Methods

This prospective, randomized study included 60 patients with a nasal bone fracture. The experimental group (n=30) received preoperative explanation with the traditional informed consent process in addition to a mobile applicat

SUBMITTER: Kim CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5894552 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature