Informed consent form is a legal document that, ethically, should be obtained before any endoscopic procedure is performed. The main purpose of this research study is to assess the readability, comprehensibility and applicability of the new informed consent proposed by the Portuguese Society of Digestive Endoscopy as a way to standardize the information provided to patients prior to endoscopic exams.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
232
Patients that adequately read informed consent forms
Centro Hospitalar Tondela Viseu
Viseu, Portugal
Assessing the percentage of patients who adequate read informed consent forms
Assess if patients "adequately read" informed consent forms - "adequate reading" was defined by checking all of the following: signing of informed consent form; fulfilment of a questionnaire regarding medical history and drugs; underlining a small sentence added to the orignial version of informed consent form. Patients not meeting all the defined criteria were considered not to have adequately read the informed consent.
Time frame: 12 months
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