Table 4 Results of the survey regarding the current practices and experiences of residents when obtaining informed consent from patients for orthopedic procedures
Current practices and experiences | Answers | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
How frequently do you obtain informed consent? | Always | 220 (70.3) |
Often | 80 (25.6) | |
Sometimes | 9 (2.9) | |
Occasionally | 4 (1.3) | |
Never | 0 | |
For which cases are you allowed to, independently, obtain an informed consent at your institution? | Trauma and emergency cases only | 9 (2.9) |
Trauma and elective primary cases only | 18 (5.8) | |
Trauma, elective primary, and elective revision cases | 286 (91.4) | |
Not allowed | 0 | |
How many times has a patient refused to sign the informed consent handled by you? | Zero | 117 (37.4) |
1 to 5 | 155 (49.5) | |
6 to 10 | 32 (10.2) | |
11 to 20 | 7 (2.2) | |
More than 20 | 2 (0.6) | |
How many times did you feel unable to make the patient understand the information related to the informed consent? | Zero | 9 (2.9) |
1 to 5 | 94 (30) | |
6 to 10 | 112 (35.8) | |
11 to 20 | 65 (20.8) | |
More than 20 | 33 (10.5) |