Attitude towards informed consent practice in a developing country: a community-based assessment of the role of educational status

Table 2 Decision process for medical procedures

Response	Educational status
	University/polytechnic	Secondary	Primary	No formal education	Total	χ ²for trend [P value]
	N = 379	N = 1517	N = 225	N = 351	N = 2472
Will leave all decisions to the doctor	83 [21.9%]	382 [25.2%]	58 [25.8%]	65 [18.5%]	588 [23.8%]	1.689 [0.194]
Will require the doctor to disclose everything about the procedure and be allowed to make a choice	213 [56.2%]	683 [45.0%]	131 [58.2%]	227 [64.7%]	1254 [50.7%]	18.9 [<0.01]*
Will require the doctor to disclose only the information he considers necessary	83 [21.9%]	452 [29.8%]	36 [16.0%]	59 [16.8%]	630 [25.5%]	12.96 [<0.01]*

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