Analysis of documented informed consent forms for computed tomography: Completeness and data quality in four clinics Analyse von dokumentierten Computertomographie-Aufklärungen: Vollständigkeit und Datenqualität in vier Kliniken
Vogele D, Schöffski O, Efinger K, Schmidt SA, Beer M, Kildal D (2020)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2020
Journal
Book Volume: 60
Pages Range: 162-168
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-019-00629-6
Abstract
Background: Before performing a medical procedure, such as a computed tomography, an obligatory informed consent of the patient and its detailed documentation is necessary. Methods: A total of 1424 informed consent forms for contrast-enhanced computed tomography from four clinics with different healthcare levels were analyzed. Informed consent forms were evaluated related to completeness, legibility and quality. Results: In all, 1110 (77.9%) informed consent forms were sufficiently completed, 267 patients (18.8%) answered the form incompletely and 47 patients (3.3%) returned it without answering a question. Handwritten comments were found in 1391 (97.7%) cases. Thereof, 1329 (93.3%) were graded as detailed comments and 62 (4.4%) as less detailed comments. These comments were well legible in 675 (47.4%) cases, 558 (39.2%) informed consents showed limited legibility and in 158 (11.1%) more than 50% of the comments were unreadable. Signatures were complete in 1374 (96.5%) informed consent forms. Conclusion: The results show a better quality and documentation of informed consent forms for computed tomography obtained by radiology residents compared to radiological specialists. Compared to the radiologists, the non-radiologists performed significantly worse. The establishment of videos and use of digital informed consent forms could provide a possible solution.
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Vogele, D., Schöffski, O., Efinger, K., Schmidt, S.A., Beer, M., & Kildal, D. (2020). Analysis of documented informed consent forms for computed tomography: Completeness and data quality in four clinics Analyse von dokumentierten Computertomographie-Aufklärungen: Vollständigkeit und Datenqualität in vier Kliniken. Radiologe, 60(2), 162-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00117-019-00629-6
MLA:
Vogele, D., et al. "Analysis of documented informed consent forms for computed tomography: Completeness and data quality in four clinics Analyse von dokumentierten Computertomographie-Aufklärungen: Vollständigkeit und Datenqualität in vier Kliniken." Radiologe 60.2 (2020): 162-168.
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