Audio-visual recording in surgery: Do patients mind?

Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies

“…Video recording of consultations did not appear to affect patient stress [36,39] and patients did not feel that being videoed altered the treatment they received [18]. Moreover, Campbell et al [38,40] reported no differences in satisfaction levels between patients in video-recorded consultations and those in consultations not recorded Indeed, it was argued that in the course of the consultation patients tend to forget about being videoed [36].…”

“…The majority of patients felt comfortable about such a prospect and believed that it would not inhibit discussion within the consultation [11]. Studies of the actual experience reveal that most patients who had been recorded felt only slightly or not at all influenced by video recording (79-95%) [18,40,80] or audio recording (97%) [117]. Martin and Martin [18] found that 21% of patients who had consented to the recording felt the videoing rendered the consultation less confidential.…”

“…The literature review identified nine studies in which the effect of audio and video recording on consultations was discussed [11,18,36,39,40,80,[115][116][117]. Surveys of patients prior to a consultation indicated that the vast majority of patients felt discomfort at the thought of being videorecorded as they felt they would be unable to discuss certain issues [11,115].…”

“…Positive influences Health centre staff as recruiting agents a [21] Increasing age of patients [17,[35][36][37]19] Recruitment conducted immediately prior to consultation [14,36,[38][39][40] Recruitment conducted at the Health Centre [18] Negative influences Increasing length of time to consider participation [17,18,35,41,42] Requirement to obtain written consent [17,18,35,41,42] Patient experiencing distress or embarrassment [14,17,18,35,37] Patients with mental health or gynaecological conditions [14,17,18,35,37] Patients not having enough time to decide [18] Patients who are worried about being watched [18] Patients who recording is seen as a restricting factor [14] Researcher as recruiting agents a [17,18,35,41,42] Ambiguous evidence Sex/gender of patients [17,35,36,19] No influence Patient ethnicity [19] Employment st...…”

Camera‐related behaviours of female dental nurses and nursery school children during fluoride varnish application interactions in nursery school settings

“…The handful of studies that examined the effects of camera awareness on patient’s behaviour suggested that the majority of patients simply forgot about being video recorded 11–13 . It also appears that the video recording did not negatively affect patient’s feelings about either the outcome 12 or satisfaction levels 14,15 of the consultation.…”