Table 3 Service-related factors of satisfaction with SIC, Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 372)
From: Patient satisfaction with surgical informed consent at Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Referred history | Yes | 258 | 69.4 |
No | 114 | 30.6 | |
Written consent form version | Within mother tongue | 234 | 62.9 |
Deferred from mother tongue | 124 | 33.3 | |
Consent requested by | Ob-gyn specialist | 44 | 11.8 |
General practitioner/resident | 302 | 81.2 | |
Midwife/nurse | 26 | 7.0 | |
Timing of consent | The day before the date of surgery | 65 | 17.5 |
On the day of surgery | 87 | 23.4 | |
Immediately before surgery | 208 | 55.9 | |
On the operation table | 12 | 3.2 | |
Time spent to provide informed consent | < 5 min | 231 | 62.1 |
5–10 min | 76 | 20.4 | |
> 10 min | 65 | 17.5 | |
Time spent to decide | < 1 h | 343 | 92.2 |
> 1 h | 29 | 7.8 | |
A person signed on informed consent | Self | 352 | 94.6 |
Parent/spouse | 20 | 5.4 |