Table 3 Patients’ perceived purpose of clinical informed consent: males vs. females
Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Statement abbreviation | Mean (SD) | Median [25%, 75%] | Mean (SD) | Median [25%, 75%] | p value |
Norm | |||||
“Help patient decide” | 2.76 (2.07) | 2 [1,4] | 3.29 (2.21) | 3 [1,5] | 0.007 |
“Make sure patient understand” | 3.17 (2.06) | 3 [2,4] | 3.38 (1.78) | 3 [2,4] | 0.05 |
“Inform patient” | 4.17 (2.00) | 4 [3,5] | 3.53 (2.06) | 3 [2,5] | <001 |
“Have shared decision” | 4.24 (2.06) | 4 [3,6] | 4.14 (2.04) | 4 [3,5] | 0.66 |
“Discover patient’s preferences” | 4.47 (1.89) | 4 [3,6] | 4.17 (1.83) | 4 [3,5] | 0.06 |
“Document patient’s decision” | 4.70 (2.12) | 5 [3,6] | 4.96 (2.24) | 5 [3,6] | 0.18 |
“Litigation protection” | 6.95 (2.22) | 7 [6,9] | 7.23 (2.06) | 7 [6,9] | 0.23 |
“Courtesy gesture” | 8.01 (2.08) | 9 [7,9] | 7.60 (2.48) | 8 [7,9] | 0.15 |
“Take away compensation rights” | 7.58 (1.87) | 8 [7,9] | 7.85 (1.91) | 8 [7,9] | 0.03 |
“Meaningless routine” | 8.93 (1.64) | 9 [8,10] | 8.85 (1.62) | 9 [8,10] | 0.23 |
Current practice | |||||
“Help patient decide” | 4.21 (2.57) | 4 [2,6] | 3.82 (2.37) | 4 [1.8,6] | 0.13 |
“Make sure patient understand” | 4.30 (2.57) | 4 [2,6] | 4.06 (2.17) | 4 [2,5] | 0.61 |
“Inform patient” | 4.29 (2.23) | 4 [2.3,6] | 3.55 (2.05) | 3 [2,5] | <001 |
“Have shared decision” | 4.58 (2.24) | 4 [3,6] | 4.08 (2.21) | 4 [2,6] | 0.009 |
“Discover patient’s preferences” | 5.16 (2.08) | 5 [4,7] | 4.92 (2.15) | 5 [3,6] | 0.13 |
“Document patient’s decision” | 4.16 (2.39) | 4 [2,6] | 4.47 (2.41) | 4 [2,6] | 0.13 |
“Litigation protection” | 6.07 (3.15) | 7 [2.3,9] | 6.53 (2.81) | 7 [5,8] | 0.32 |
“Courtesy gesture” | 7.44 (2.51) | 8 [6,9] | 7.53 (2.38) | 8 [6,9] | 0.15 |
“Take away compensation rights” | 6.33 (2.70) | 7 [4,8] | 7.31 (2.26) | 8 [7,9] | <001 |
“Meaningless routine” | 8.36 (2.34) | 9 [8,10] | 8.63 (1.93) | 9 [8,10] | 0.77 |