Informed Consent, What do Patients Want to Know?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Informed Consent for Invasive Procedures, What do Patients Want to Know?
IRAS ID
204209
Contact name
Stephanie Archer
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 1 months, 31 days
Research summary
The process of gaining informed consent involves informing patients of potential risks associated with undergoing a certain procedure. Currently, there are no guidelines that state the types of risk information patients should be informed of prior to any given surgery, it is at the discretion of the doctor taking the patients consent.
Research into the quality of consenting a patient at the hospital level is sparse, lacking a quantitative measure for the quality of the consenting process. Time has been spent teaching students how to improve skills in a non-hospital setting, but there is little information available on what patients actually want to be told during the consenting procedure.
This study aims to identify important factors for patients during the process of consent. We plan on doing this through the use of a questionnaire. The questionnaire will be distributed to post operative patients who have undergone a hernia repair (inguinal/femoral/umbilical), a laparoscopic cholecystectomy or appendicectomy. The patients will be selected from the surgical wards of two North-West London teaching hospitals. Data will be analysed and the results published in appropriate journals.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/EE/0150
Date of REC Opinion
12 Apr 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion