The Informed Consent (IC) of a medical procedure is the aceptation of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure by the patient, after receiving the necessary and accurate information about it. Freedom, information and understanding have to be the main requirements in this proccess. The main goal of this study is to assess if patients that are going to be operated at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in the CSI (Surgery without previous hospitalization) unit, really understood the information about the procedure.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
300
A questionnaire asking the patients for several questions related to the Informed Consent Form they have signed before surgery, will be administered.
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain
Understanding degree
Assessment of the understanding degree of the IC by the patient
Time frame: Before procedure
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