Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 25, 2026
Polar Histogram Visualization of Acute Stress Disorder Scale Scores for Comprehensive Clinical Assessment
Published on: December 6, 2024
Sociodemographic factors affecting the comprehension of clinical information by inpatients undergoing trauma surgery
E M García-García1, B Sánchez-Sabater1, I Medrano-Morte1
1Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital General Universitario JM Morales Meseguer, Murcia, España.
Introduction:
The clinical information process is the basis of the doctor-patient relationship. It starts with the information provided before signing informed consent and ends on the termination of the doctor-patient relationship. The influence of demographic variables in the information process has not been thoroughly studied for inpatients undergoing surgery. In this study we aim to answer two questions: 1) Does gender have an influence on the information process for these patients? 2) Are there other factors that affect the process?
Method:
A prospective study carried out using an 'ad hoc' designed survey on a 200-inpatient sample after undergoing surgery in the trauma and orthopaedics department of our hospital. Sampling was simple random.
Results:
We found differences in the consistency of the answers by gender in the question regarding surgical priority, with the women having a better understanding of it (p=.04). The rest of the questions show no differences by gender. However, in the population analyzed, age and educational level are the main modifiers of understanding, and they are both related to gender (p<.0001; p=.003, respectively).
Conclusions:
In clinical practice, it is fundamental to keep in mind the factors that affect the information process. According to our results, the factors that define greater vulnerability in relation to the information process are age and low educational level.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
02:16Transcription Factors
04:01Factors Affecting Solubility
02:35Transcription Elongation Factors
The transcription elongation is regulated via pausing of RNA polymerase on several occasions during transcription. In bacteria, these halts are necessary because the transcription of DNA into mRNA is coupled to the translation of that mRNA...
01:19Factors Affecting Drug Distribution: Miscellaneous Factors
Age plays a significant role due to differences in body composition among different age groups. Infants, for instance, have a higher proportion of total body water and lower albumin levels, a protein that binds drugs in the bloodstream. This unique composition in infants enhances the...
03:08Electrolytes: van't Hoff Factor
The colligative properties of a solution depend only on the number, not on the identity, of solute species dissolved. The concentration terms in the equations for various colligative properties (freezing point depression, boiling point elevation, osmotic pressure) pertain to all solute species present in the solution. Nonelectrolytes dissolve physically without dissociation or any other accompanying process. Each molecule that dissolves yields one...
01:18Factors Affecting Protein-Drug Binding: Drug-Related Factors
One crucial factor in drug-protein binding is the drug's lipophilicity or its affinity for fat. More lipophilic drugs tend to have higher binding extents. For example, highly lipophilic drugs like cloxacillin exhibit substantial protein binding, with as much as 95% of the drug binding to proteins. In...