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

Table 6 Reasons for requiring the doctor to disclose only the information that he considers necessary

Response	Educational status
	University/polytechnic	Secondary	Primary	No formal education	Total	χ ²for trend [P value]
	N = 83	N = 399	N = 58	N = 65	N = 605
The doctor knows everything about the procedure	30 [36.1%]	80 [20.1%]	14 [24.1%]	7 [10.8%]	131 [21.7%]	9.03 [<0.01]*
I may not understand the information	2 [2.4%]	21 [5.3%]	0	19 [29.2%]	42 [6.9%]	9.75 [<0.01]*
The doctor may feel offended	0	0	5 [8.6%]	0	5 [0.8%]	6.83 [0.01]*
Seeking such information may appear as lack of trust	0	0	6 [10.3%]	5 [7.7%]	11 [1.8%]	31.11 [<0.01]*
It is better to leave everything in the hands of God	21 [25.3%]	79 [19.8%]	0	3 [4.6%]	103 [17.0%]	19.35 [<0.01]*
Others	30 [36.1%]	219 [54.9%]	33 [56.9%]	31 [47.7%]	313 [51.7%]	1.31 [0.25]

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