Background/AimThis study aimed to evaluate the comprehensibility of the consent forms used for interventional procedures in the ophthalmology clinic of a university hospital and to determine which texts could be read according to patient age and education level.
Materials and methodsForty separate consent forms used as the standard for various interventional procedures in the ophthalmology department of a university hospital were evaluated. The comprehensibility formulas used were developed for the Turkish language by Ateşman and Bezirci-Yilmaz.
ResultsAs a result of the evaluation of the consent forms in this study, a mean of 55.6±5.73 points was obtained according to the Ateşman comprehensibility index, and this value was found to correspond to being understood by eleventh and twelfth-grade school students. According to the Bezirci-Yilmaz comprehensibility index, the mean points of the consent forms were 10.05±2, which corresponded to a level that could be understood by 10th and 11th-grade students.
ConclusionThe comprehensibility level of the consent forms given to patients was found to be low in this study, which was similar to the findings of previous studies in the literature. When preparing informed consent forms, the education level of the country must be taken into consideration.
Yazılı metinlerin okuyucu tarafından ne denli anlaşılabilir olduğu okunabilirlik üzerinden ifade edilir. Bir metnin okunabilirlik düzeyi, çeşitli matematiksel formüller kullanılarak objektif biçimde ölçülebilmektedir. Bu çalışmada piyasadaki göz damlalarının prospektüslerinin okunabilirlik düzeyini tespit etmek amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Toplam 75 prospektüs, Türkçe metinler için geliştirilmiş olan Ateşman ve Bezirci-Yılmaz okunabilirlik formülleriyle değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Prospektüsler Ateşman okunabilirlik formülüne göre ortalama 13-15 yıl, Bezirci-Yılmaz okunabilirlik formülüne göre ise ortalama 13 yıl eğitim ile okunabilir bulundu. Sonuç: Prospektüslerin ortalama olarak lisans düzeyinde eğitimle okunabilir olduğu görüldü. Gereken eğitim düzeyi, Türkiye'deki ortalama eğitim düzeyi dikkate alındığında oldukça yüksektir. Prospektüslerin ortalama eğitim düzeyi göz önünde bulundurularak yazılması, reçeteleme sırasında doktorların hastalara göz damlalarının kullanımı ve yan etkileriyle ilgili detaylı bilgi vermesi gerekmektedir.
Objectives:
To prospectively evaluate the frequency of ocular findings and inflammation markers levels in patients treated in the intensive care unit due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection to determine the relationship between these parameters and mortality.
Materials and Methods:
We prospectively evaluated 53 patients who were treated in the intensive care unit of a pandemic hospital between January 1 and June 30, 2021 and whose SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis was confirmed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test from nasopharyngeal swab samples. Ocular findings were evaluated together with white blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte count, C-reactive protein, lactate dehydrogenase and ferritin levels, and mortality rate.
Results:
There was no statistically significant correlation between lactate dehydrogenase, white blood cell, neutrophil, and lymphocyte count elevation and the frequency of inflammatory eye signs (p=0.308, p=0.694, p=0.535, p=0.374). In multivariate analyses, no statistically significant correlation was observed between ferritin level and the frequency of inflammatory eye findings (p=0.087). In addition, for each 1 mg/dL increase in C-reactive protein level, the detection of inflammatory eye findings decreased by 1.9% (95% confidence interval: 3.3%-0.4%; p=0.015). It was determined that 7 of 13 patients with inflammatory eye findings died and this was not statistically significant (p=0.810).
Conclusion:
Inflammatory examination findings of the ocular surface were detected in 13 (24.5%) of 53 patients treated in the intensive care unit for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Ocular surface examination of patients treated in the intensive care unit due to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic is important.
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