Article
Surgery
Boris Zevin, Mohammad Almakky, Ugo Mancini, David I. Robertson
Summary: Adding a digital educational platform (DEP) to a standard verbal consent for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) improved patient's understanding of the procedure-specific risks and benefits, increased patient satisfaction, and saved over 50% of the bariatric surgeon's time during the consent discussion.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Maria Lopez-Parra, Francesc Zamora-Carmona, Monica Sianes-Gallen, Esmeralda Lopez-Gonzalez, Dolors Gil-Rey, Helena Costa-Ventura, Miriam Borras-Sanchez, Gemma Rayo-Posadas, Marta Arizu-Puigvert, Roser Vives-Vilagut
Summary: This study aimed to identify the difficulties during the informed consent process for a clinical trial in subjects older than 65 years old and recommend the use of informed consent in front of a witness.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Benjamin Seeliger, Moritz Z. Kayser, Nora Drick, Jan Fuge, Christina Valtin, Mark Greer, Jens Gottlieb
Summary: This study investigated the effects of supplementing standard informed consent with a graphic narrative on patient satisfaction, periprocedural anxiety, and experience. The results showed that the addition of a graphic narrative improved patient satisfaction with informed consent but did not influence pre-procedural anxiety and adverse experience during the procedure.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Joyce H. Pang, Esme Finlay, Sally Fortner, Bradley Pickett, Ming-Li Wang
Summary: The study showed that through virtual module communication skills training, students' self-efficacy in obtaining informed consent improved, with the majority of students considered satisfactory or above in each domain post-module. The virtual informed consent activity was generally positively viewed by students.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
(2021)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Jan Derks, Alberto Ortiz-Vigon, Adrian Guerrero, Mauro Donati, Eriberto Bressan, Paolo Ghensi, Dennis Schaller, Cristiano Tomasi, Karolina Karlsson, Ingemar Abrahamsson, Yuki Ichioka, Carlotta Dionigi, Erik Regidor, Tord Berglundh
Summary: The study evaluated the potential benefits of using a bone substitute material in reconstructive surgical therapy for peri-implantitis. The results showed that surgical therapy effectively improved the clinical and radiographic status of patients, with high patient satisfaction.
CLINICAL ORAL IMPLANTS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Julia Wade, Elka Humphrys, Alba X. Realpe, Daisy M. Gaunt, Jenni Burt
Summary: The participatory and informed consent (PIC) measure was developed to assess recruiter information provision and patient understanding in recruitment discussions. The measure was evaluated and revised within the context of the OPTiMISE trial, demonstrating good feasibility, content validity, and reliability.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Yen-Ko Lin, Yung-Sung Yeh, Chao-Wen Chen, Wei-Che Lee, Chia-Ju Lin, Liang-Chi Kuo, Leiyu Shi
Summary: Obtaining valid parental informed consent for pediatric procedures in the emergency department is challenging. This study found that an educational video intervention improved parents' knowledge and satisfaction regarding pediatric procedural sedation. Standardized approaches should be developed to better educate parents and enhance satisfaction in the emergency department.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jacquelyn K. Patterson, Stuti Pant, Denise F. Jones, Syed Taha, Michael S. Jones, Melissa S. Bauserman, Paolo Montaldo, Carl L. Bose, Sudhin Thayyil
Summary: Consent rates for neonatal randomized controlled trials tend to be higher in low- and lower middle-income countries compared to high-income countries, particularly in trials without placebos. However, the overrepresentation of India in trials from low- and lower middle-income countries may affect the accuracy of the results.
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Joseph P. Penn, Rohit Nallani, Erin L. Dimon, Taylor C. Daniels, Kevin J. Sykes, Alexander G. Chiu, Mark R. Villwock, Jennifer A. Villwock
Summary: Comparing the impact of educational video and verbal consent on patients undergoing rhinologic surgery, it was found that both groups showed significant improvements in knowledge gain and alleviation of concerns, with equivalent outcomes. There were no significant differences in time taken for consent, patient satisfaction, and decision regret between the two groups.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Sarah B. Jochum, Mandakini Venkatramani, Ethan M. Ritz, Joanne Favuzza, Dana M. Hayden, Theodore J. Saclarides, Anuradha R. Bhama
Summary: Resident comfort with ICD increases with training, emphasizing the importance of formal evaluation and instruction for skill improvement. Attending surgeons are not universally comfortable with resident-led ICDs, especially for elective surgeries. Efforts for improving ICD education, such as direct observation and formal evaluation, may benefit residency programs.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alessandro Perin, Tommaso Francesco Galbiati, Roberta Ayadi, Enrico Gambatesa, Eleonora Francesca Orena, Nicole Irene Riker, Hagit Silberberg, Donatella Sgubin, Torstein Ragnar Meling, Francesco DiMeco
Summary: This study demonstrates that using immersive 3D imaging technologies for informed consent can improve patients' understanding of their condition, enhance communication experience, and reduce anxiety levels. Patients in the experimental groups appreciated this new communication method and showed higher objective comprehension compared to the control group.
ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Pia-Maria Wippert, Daniel Niederer, David Driesslein, Heidrun Beck, Winfried Banzer, Christian Schneider, Marcus Schiltenwolf, Frank Mayer
Summary: This study found that psychosocial factors moderate the effects of exercise on low back pain, including depressive symptoms, vital exhaustion, and social support. These moderating factors have clinical relevance in exercise therapy, while there were no psychosocial variables identified as mediators of the exercise effects on pain.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Review
Surgery
Josephine de Costa, Mandy Shircore, Alan de Costa
Summary: Junior doctors face challenges in obtaining surgical informed consent, lack adequate training and education, which may impact the validity of the consent they acquire.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Ethics
Tsegaw Biyazin, Ayanos Taye, Yeshitila Belay
Summary: This study aimed to assess patient satisfaction with surgical informed consent at Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia in 2020. The results showed that only about two-fifths of patients were satisfied with surgical informed consent. Living in an urban area, having current referred history, consent form version, time spent on the provision of informed consent, and having a better patient-health provider relationship were positively associated with patient satisfaction.
BMC MEDICAL ETHICS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mahmoud Diab, Thomas Lehmann, Wolfgang Bothe, Payam Akhyari, Stephanie Platzer, Daniel Wendt, Antje-Christin Deppe, Justus Strauch, Stefan Hagel, Albrecht Guenther, Gloria Faerber, Christoph Sponholz, Marcus Franz, Andre Scherag, Ilia Velichkov, Miriam Silaschi, Jens Fassl, Britt Hofmann, Sven Lehmann, Rene Schramm, Georg Fritz, Gabor Szabo, Thorsten Wahlers, Klaus Matschke, Artur Lichtenberg, Mathias W. Pletz, Jan F. Gummert, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Christian Hagl, Michael A. Borger, Michael Bauer, Frank M. Brunkhorst, Torsten Doenst
Summary: This study investigated the effect of hemoadsorption during cardiac surgery for infective endocarditis (IE) on postoperative organ dysfunction and found that hemoadsorption did not reduce the occurrence of organ dysfunction. Although hemoadsorption reduced cytokine levels during surgery, it did not have an impact on clinically relevant outcome measures.