N (%) | |
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General barriers when obtaining informed consent | |
Inadequate knowledge | 270 (86.3) |
Communication and language barriers | 265 (84.7) |
Inability to answer the patient’s questions | 250 (79.9) |
Procedure complexity | 220 (70.3) |
High-risk consent | 175 (55.9) |
Level of patients’ education | 132 (42.2) |
Time constraints | 130 (41.5) |
Patients’ age | 120 (38.3) |
Urgency of the procedure | 115 (36.7) |
Dealing with the patient’s family (in pediatric and geriatric cases) | 95 (30.4) |
Cultural barriers | 50 (16.0) |
Patients’ sex | 20 (6.4) |
Lack of knowledge | |
On alternatives to surgery | 230 (73.5) |
On risks and complications of surgery | 210 (67.1) |
On outcomes of non-treatment | 122 (39.9) |
On how much I should say to the patient | 20 (38.3) |
On the benefits of surgery | 80 (25.6) |
On how to describe the surgical procedure | 30 (9.6) |
Communication and language barrier | |
Translation of medical terminology to the local language (Arabic) | 265 (84.7) |
Not being able to explain the surgery and its details in the local language | 199 (63.6) |
Proper documentation of informed consent in the Arabic language | 180 (57.5) |
Lack of interpreters | 10 (3.2) |