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Table 4 Whom do you expect should discuss with you and obtain consent?

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

Person

Educational status

  
 

University/polytechnic

Secondary

Primary

No formal education

Total

χ 2for trend [P value]

 

N = 363

N = 1471

N = 211

N = 334

N = 2379

 

Nurse

27 [7.4%]

206 [14.0%]

9 [4.3%]

51 [15.3%]

293 [12.3%]

2.26 [0.13]

Junior doctor

13 [3.6%]

50 [3.4%]

61 [28.9%]

113 [33.8%]

237 [10.0%]

308.47 [<0.01]*

Doctor who does procedure

311 [85.7%]

1132 [77.0%]

118 [55.9%]

113 [33.8]

1674 [70.4%]

289.60 [<0.01]*

Appointee of doctor

12 [3.3%]

79 [5.4%]

23 [10.9%]

57 [17.1]

171 [7.2%]

65.13 [<0.01]*

Any of the above

0

4 [0.3%]

0

0

4 [0.2%]

65.13 [<0.01]*

  1. *Significant.