Table 4 Patients’ perceived purpose of clinical informed consent: pre- vs. post- procedure
Pre-procedure | Post-procedure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Statement abbreviation | Mean (SD) | Median [25%,75%] | Mean (SD) | Median [25%,75%] | p value |
Norm | |||||
“Help patient decide” | 2.77 (2.06) | 2 [1,4] | 3.45 (2.24) | 3 [1,5] | 0.001 |
“Make sure patient understand” | 3.42 (1.95) | 3 [2,5] | 3.02 (1.86) | 3 [2,4] | 0.02 |
“Inform patient” | 4.14 (2.08) | 4 [2,6] | 3.38 (1.91) | 3 [2,5] | <001 |
“Have shared decision” | 3.96 (2.00) | 4 [2,5] | 4.58 (2.07) | 5 [3,6] | 0.001 |
“Discover patient’s preferences” | 4.30 (1.84) | 4 [3,5] | 4.37 (1.91) | 4 [3,6] | 0.65 |
“Document patient’s decision” | 4.71 (2.20) | 5 [3,6] | 5.03 (2.12) | 5 [4,6] | 0.13 |
“Litigation protection” | 7.02 (2.09) | 7 [6,9] | 7.19 (2.23) | 7 [6,9] | 0.16 |
“Courtesy gesture” | 7.49 (2.16) | 9 [7,9] | 7.58 (2.49) | 9 [7,9] | 0.26 |
“Take away compensation rights” | 7.78 (1.78) | 8 [7,9] | 7.59 (2.06) | 8 [7,9] | 0.48 |
“Meaningless routine” | 8.94 (1.57) | 9 [8,10] | 8.81 (1.72) | 9 [8,10] | 0.49 |
Current practice | |||||
“Help patient decide” | 3.88 (2.49) | 4 [2,6] | 4.25 (2.45) | 4 [2,6] | 0.08 |
“Make sure patient understand” | 4.13 (2.27) | 4 [2,6] | 4.27 (2.56) | 4 [2,6] | 0.87 |
“Inform patient” | 3.83 (2.05) | 3 [2,5] | 4.09 (2.36) | 4 [2,6] | 0.40 |
“Have shared decision” | 4.19 (2.27) | 4 [2,6] | 4.59 (2.17) | 4 [3,6] | 0.03 |
“Discover patient’s preferences” | 4.81 (2.11) | 5 [3,6] | 5.44 (2.07) | 5 (4,7] | 0.001 |
“Document patient’s decision” | 4.38 (2.51) | 4 [2,6] | 4.20 (2.22) | 4 [2,6] | 0.57 |
“Litigation protection” | 6.57 (2.74) | 7 [5,9] | 5.81 (3.34) | 7 [2,9] | 0.08 |
“Courtesy gesture” | 7.54 (2.38) | 8 [6,9] | 7.39 (2.57) | 9 [6,9] | 0.74 |
“Take away compensation rights” | 6.95 (2.49) | 8 [6,9] | 6.58 (2.63) | 7 [4,8] | 0.23 |
“Meaningless routine” | 8.61 (1.98) | 9 [8,10] | 8.30 (2.42) | 9 [8,10] | 0.73 |