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Table 2 Practice of Informed consent, confidentiality and privacy as graded by data collector

From: Patients' perception and actual practice of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality in general medical outpatient departments of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore

 

Public Hospital

Private Hospital

Two-sample t-test

Informed consent

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

T statistic (df:184)

p value

Properly taken

3 (3.2)

2 (2.1)

0.467

0.64

Improperly taken

6 (6.5)

42 (45.7)

6.08

< 0.0001*

Not taken at all

84 (90.3)

49 (53.3)

5.60

< 0.0001*

Total

93 (100)

93 (100)

  

Confidentiality

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

T statistic (df:184)

p value

Adequate

10 (10.8)

33 (35.5)

3.993

< 0.0001*

Inadequate

55 (59.1)

41 (44.1)

2.04

0.0421*

Not at all

28 (30.1)

19 (20.4)

1.523

0.1296

Total

93 (100)

93 (100)

  

Privacy

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

T statistic (df:107)

p value

Adequate

3 (10.7)

21 (25.9)

1.674

0.097

Inadequate

20 (71.4)

51 (63)

0.80

0.423

Not at all

5 (17.9)

9 (11.1)

0.92

0.356

Total

28# (100)

81# (100)

  
  1. *results reach statistical significance
  2. #provision of privacy was graded only during physical examinations hence N < 93
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