Artículo
The effects of informed consent format on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing inferior third molar surgery
Autor/es | Torres-Lagares, Daniel
Heras Meseguer, Marisa Azcárate Velázquez, Francisco Hita Iglesias, Pilar Ruiz de León Hernández,Gonzalo Hernández-Pacheco Camarero, Esther Gutiérrez Pérez, José Luis |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Estomatología |
Fecha de publicación | 2014 |
Fecha de depósito | 2020-07-09 |
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Resumen | Objectives: To evaluate the effect of informed consent format on preoperative anxiety of patients.
Material and Methods: We performed a prospective study (91 patients) undergoing lower third molar extraction. Patients ... Objectives: To evaluate the effect of informed consent format on preoperative anxiety of patients. Material and Methods: We performed a prospective study (91 patients) undergoing lower third molar extraction. Patients were distributed into three groups. Informed consent for surgery was obtained through a written document, an oral interview or a video recording. Afterwards, patients were asked about their anxiety level and the effect the informed consent had had on it. Results: Whereas the information conveyed both in oral and written formats relieved the patient to some extent (in a scale of -3 to +3) 0.97±1.21 and 0.29±0.97, respectively), the video recording increased patient’s anxiety in a statistically significant way (in a scale of -3 to +3, -0.57±1.43). The difference obtained between the values obtained in oral and written information was not statistically significant. Discussion: The most adequate format, according to our study, would be the oral format. |
Cita | Torres-Lagares, D., Heras Meseguer, M., Azcárate Velázquez, F., Hita Iglesias, P., Ruiz de León Hernández, o., Hernández-Pacheco Camarero, E. y Gutiérrez Pérez, J.L. (2014). The effects of informed consent format on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing inferior third molar surgery. Medicina Oral, Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal, 19 (3), e270-e273. |
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