Attitude, knowledge, and associated factors on anesthesia informed consent among adult elective surgery at selected Addis Ababa public hospitals.
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2020-06
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Addis Abeba University
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Background: Informed consent is the backbone for recent medical practice and it is grounded
in ethical and legal concept-that patients have the right to understand what is being done to their
bodies (personal autonomy) and agree to the potential consequences of the healthcare
intervention. Informed consent is considerably beyond putting a signature to the form; the
anesthesia professional and the patient develop the anesthesia plan through discussion of
alternatives and risks and benefits of the plan.
Objective; The objective of this study was to explore the patient's knowledge, attitude and
associated factors on anesthesia informed consent among adult elective surgery at a selected
public hospital in Addis Ababa.
Methods; Institutional based Cross-sectional study designed was used with including all elective
surgery scheduled patients from December 23/2019 to March 23/2020 with consecutive
sampling technique and proportional allocation. A Structured questioner was used with trained
data collectors. Data were coded, entered into EPI data v.7 and data was exported to SPSS
version 21 statistical package for analysis. Binary logistic regression was used to deal with the
response variable. The crude and adjusted odds ratios with their corresponding 95% confidence
intervals were computed.
Work plan and budget; The study was conducted from December 23/2019 to March 23/2020
with a total budget of 29, 240 ET
Result; Patient knowledge about the anesthesia informed consent, 65.8% were knowledged and
34.2% were not knowledgeable. Marital status, educational level, professionals who provide
anesthesia informed consent and place were anesthesia informed consent taken were
significantly associated with patient’s knowledge. Concerning the attitude of patients, about
44.3% (181) had a positive attitude, and 55.7% (228) had a negative attitude. Sex, marital status,
educational level, and place were anesthesia informed consent provided had significantly
affected with patient attitude.
Conclusion; Patients who were under the study had limited knowledge and attitude and different
factors were affected them.
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Anesthesia,adult elective surgery