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Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Surgical Patient Care
  • Health Communication

Background:

  • Informed consent is a legal and ethical requirement for medical procedures.
  • Informed decision-making is a distinct collaborative process aiding patient treatment choices.
  • The study aimed to quantify informed consent and decision-making in major surgery contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To measure the extent of informed consent and informed decision-making discussions before major surgery.
  • To identify elements discussed and missed in preoperative patient-surgeon conversations.

Main Methods:

  • Audio-recorded 90 preoperative patient-surgeon conversations for major surgeries.
  • Transcripts analyzed for 11 informed consent elements (ACS definition) and 9 informed decision-making elements (Braddock's scale).
  • Statistical analyses examined associations between decision outcomes and patient/surgeon characteristics.

Main Results:

  • Surgeons discussed more informed consent elements than informed decision-making elements.
  • Commonly discussed: nature of illness, operation, complications; less frequent: patient understanding assessment.
  • When decisions were deferred, informed decision-making elements (uncertainty, alternatives) were more discussed; when surgery was scheduled, informed consent elements were more completed.

Conclusions:

  • Surgeons typically cover informed consent components before high-risk surgery.
  • Elements crucial for informed decision-making, including patient role, daily impact, uncertainty, understanding, and preferences, are often omitted.
  • Enhancing discussions on these unique decision-making aspects is needed for patient-centered care.