Patients' satisfaction and associated factors towards preoperative informed consent process: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Informed consent is a process that needs time and effort to satisfy patients' desires. Patient dissatisfaction on preoperative informed consent process may be caused by multiple factors of clinical practice. This study aimed to assess patients' satisfaction and associated factors of informed consent process among elective surgical patients.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on 404 postoperative patients who signed the informed consent for elective surgery. A systematic sampling technique was applied to select the study participants. Modified Leiden perioperative patient satisfaction tool was adapted to assess patients' satisfaction with preoperative informed consent process. Data were entered in to Epi-data version 4.20 and exported to SPSS version 20

SUBMITTER: Ayele TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289491 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature