TITLE:
Audiovisual Multimedia Combined with Standard, Verbal, Informed Consent; Enhancing the Satisfaction and Comprehension of Surgical Patients: A Comparative Trial in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies at the HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center, Thailand
AUTHORS:
Wuttichai Thanapongsathorn, Chayapa Imchit, Jilapon Phunya
KEYWORDS:
Audiovisual; Multimedia; Informed Consent; Standard Verbal Informed Consent; Surgical Patient’s Satisfaction; Comprehension
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.3 No.8,
August
9,
2012
ABSTRACT: Objective: A comparative study of the audiovisual, multimedia, informed consent procedure enhancing the satisfaction and comprehension in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients within the contexts of the Thai culture. Methods: A prospective, comparative trial was done in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomies at the HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center in Thailand. Before the procedure, all patients who met the selection criteria and agreed to participate in the study by signing the proper consent forms were placed into 2 groups. G1 (group 1) was informed with the standard verbal informed consent and G2 (group 2) was informed with audiovisual multimedia in the form of a DVD in collaboration with the standard, verbal, informed consent procedure. The patients were interviewed by a nurse, using a checklist type of questionnaire, as to their satisfaction and comprehension of the procedure on the day of discharge. Results: In the period of June 2010 through December 2010, 60 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomies and who had met the conditions of research were included in our study. There were 30 patients in each group. The average satisfaction score in G1 was 3.12 out of a total of 5 and in G2 was 4.51 of 5 (P