Patients' understanding of "informed consent" in plastic surgery
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992)
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67(8): 1150-1154, Aug. 2021. tab
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ABSTRACT
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE To assess the patient's understanding of the informed consent form before and after plastic surgery. METHODS This was a prospective analytical descriptive study that utilized a questionnaire on informed consent before and after plastic surgery procedures. RESULTS Comprehension of informed consent was higher before surgery than after surgery (p=0.016; question 15). The higher the scholarity, the higher the comprehension (s=0.151; p=0.045) before surgery (question 4). For the other questions, it was not possible to find a difference in the pattern of understanding and in the association with the educational attainment level after surgery (s=0.180; p=0.046; question 1). CONCLUSIONS:
The patients' level of comprehension of the details, outcomes, possible complications, and postoperative evolutions of surgical procedures, as stated by the informed consent form, is high.
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Main subject:
Surgery, Plastic
Type of study:
Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992)
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica/BR
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR
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