Knowledge and attitude toward informed consent in medical and dental practitioners, of Bhopal City, India

Khare, Anshika; Saxena, Vrinda; Jain, Manish; Sharva, Vijayta; Singh, Prakash; Dayma, Ashwini

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“…The current study showed that 86.3% of the students agreed that verbal consent should not be taken. Similarly, Khare et al showed that 95.7% had satisfactory knowledge about verbal consent while Gupta et al had found that only 68.6% of the dentists had satisfactory knowledge about verbal consent [4,19]. According to this study, 85.6% students agreed that signed written consent was a must and only 5% agreed that verbal consent was the favorable method to obtain informed consent.…”

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“…The concept of consent in medicine came from ethics and the Hippocratic Oath is one of the ancient forms of medical ethics. Consent is a deliberate concord between doctor and patient, and in health care sector, it gives moral values to maintain the dignity of profession [4]. The foundation of medical ethics was laid at the Hippocrates School (400-300 BC) and since then the idea has revolutionized through different stages [5].…”

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Knowledge about informed consent among doctors in postgraduate courses in Bangladesh

Mamun¹,

Mahboob²,

Mahmud³

et al. 2020

IMC J Med Sci

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Background and objectives: Informed consent is now accepted as the cornerstone of medical practice and research. Concept of consent is an endeavor by which the patient can take part in clinical judgment concerning their treatment and protects patient and doctors against any litigation. However, in research informed consent is not merely a form that is signed, but is a process in which the participant has an understanding of the research and its risks. In view of this, the objective of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding informed consent among the doctors pursuing postgraduate courses in a medical institute in Bangladesh. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out among 160 postgraduate medical students in Dhaka city. A self-administered structured questionnaire consisting of 36 questions was used to assess their knowledge regarding informed consent. The response format was based on a 3-point Likert scale. Frequency distribution was used for statistical analysis. Results: The age range of the participants was from 25-40 years. Of the total participants, 48% were males and 42% were females. Majority of the respondents acknowledged the importance of an informed consent and 86.3% of the doctors agreed that only verbal consent was not adequate. Only 66.2% agreed that consent for participation in research should always be voluntary and informed. Majority (76.9%) agreed not to recruit individuals with mental or behavioral disorders not capable of giving adequately informed consent. Only 27.5% were aware that assent should be taken from children participating in a research. Out of total participants, 71.2% and 81.2% agreed that the participants should be informed about the laboratory test results. Management/referral must be ensured in case of abnormal test results respectively. For genetic research, 88.1% and 81.3% agreed for pre- and post-counseling respectively. Conclusion: There is need to initiate further educational programs to aware the doctors of the importance of informed consent in research, clinical practice and patient care. Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2020; 14(1): 26-35

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Knowledge about informed consent among doctors in postgraduate courses in Bangladesh

Mamun¹,

Mahboob²,

Mahmud³

et al. 2020

IMC J Med Sci

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“…The results of our study were in accordance with their results. Anshika Khare et al stated similar results 7 . Their study proved that knowledge regarding informed consent was superior in both medical and dental practitioners.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about informed consent amongst Resident doctors at Rural Medical Institute of Central India

Gotarkar¹,

Mohite²,

Sourabh³

et al. 2021

IJFMT

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Informed consent is the process by which the treating health-care provider discloses appropriate information to the patient so that the patient may make a voluntary choice to accept or refuse treatment. There are few studies done amongst the medical residents in India about informed consent. The residents are the stepping stone of the Medical profession, it is proposed that the perception about the informed consent amongst the residents shall be sought. Hence, the study was undertaken with the aim, to appraise the knowledge, attitude, and practices of residents of all three years toward 'informed consent taking' with the objectives of assessing and comparing the knowledge, attitude and practices of obtaining informed consent. The survey questionnaire was circulated and data was collated. It was developed in Knowledge, Attitude and practice domain and analysis was done. Based on the result, it was concluded that, in all three domains, there was ascendency of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in three years of resident doctors.

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“…The studies regarding knowledge attitude and practice in India has shown adequate knowledge among dentist but attitude and practice were shown to be dissatisfactory. [11][12][13] The drawbacks of these studies are it is done in small cities on small sample of practitioners and does not discuss any influencing factors of knowledge attitude and practice.…”

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Informed consent in dental practice among dental professionals in Karnataka

Vanishree

Panchmal

Umashankar³

2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The purpose of informed consent is to assure that the patient has a full understanding of proposed treatment and can make a relevant health-care decision based on the information provided by the health-care professional. Many health-care professionals see the process as burdensome and time-consuming. It is also one of the common allegations in many professional liabilities claims against health professionals. Informed consent focuses on patients’ absolute right to understand their status and the practitioner’s proposed treatment plan. Informed consent is the educational process by which the patient is made aware of the dentist’s diagnosis and treatment plan. Studies have shown that 40% of the written consent obtained from the parents was not valid. Making an informed decision is the right of every patient, but it is the responsibility of dentists to ensure patients have the comprehensive information needed to exercise that right.Methods: A cross-sectional study was done to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of informed consent among 865 dental professionals practicing in Karnataka. The study used the validated structured questionnaire.Results: The results showed 94.8% of the participants agreed that the key step to prevent one’s practice from legal action is valid informed consent. The mean scores were used for analysis the total knowledge, attitude and practice scores for the participants were 19.01±2.61, 7.07±1.45 and 1.49±0.50 respectively. Only 37.3% of dental professionals took written informed consent and majority i.e., 54.5% took consent only for special cases.Conclusions: Though the dentist believed in taking informed consent. Consent in practice is not taken routinely.

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Knowledge and attitude toward informed consent in medical and dental practitioners, of Bhopal City, India

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Knowledge about informed consent among doctors in postgraduate courses in Bangladesh

Knowledge about informed consent among doctors in postgraduate courses in Bangladesh

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about informed consent amongst Resident doctors at Rural Medical Institute of Central India

Informed consent in dental practice among dental professionals in Karnataka

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