[Informed consent for angiography and endovascular treatment]. / Informacje dla chorego i zgoda na badanie angiograficzne lub zabieg wewnatrznaczyniowy.

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the methods of passing information concerning angiography and endovascular treatment from doctors to patients. Patients undergoing modern procedures are especially prone to anxiety or even panic caused by the lack of sufficient information about the planned procedure. There are many reasons for such phenomena. One of them is extremely fast improvement of new, sophisticated technology and lack of humane attitude to patients. Authors examined 60 patients before and after angiography and endovascular treatment. Most of them (92%) knew nothing about the procedures. 30% of the patients gained information from other patients. After angiography and endovascular treatment most of patients assessed the procedures as less dangerous than expected. Our questionnaire is attached to this paper.