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Table 3 Reading and understanding the SIC

From: Evaluation of the surgical informed consent for elective and emergency surgeries in obstetrics and gynaecology in Saudi Arabia

Reading and understanding the SIC

Total

N (%)

Elective

N (%)

Emergency

N (%)

X2

P-value

=>0.05

Adjusted

P-value

Remember at least something about signing consent form

Yes

57 (36.5)

32 (61.5)

25 (24)

21.02

0.00*

0.00*

No

99 (63.5)

20 (38.5)

79 (76)

Read at least some of consent form—handwritten part

Yes

37 (23.7)

22 (42.3)

15 (14.4)

14.8

0.00*

0.00*

No

119 (76.3)

30 (57.6)

89 (85.6)

Found handwritten part of consent form easy to understand

Yes

37 (23.7)

22 (42.3)

15 (14.4)

14.8

0.00*

0.00*

No

119 (76.3)

30 (57.7)

89 (85.6)

Found printed part of consent form easy to understand

Yes

54 (34.6)

30 (57.7)

24 (23.1)

18.3

0.00*

0.00*

No

102 (65.4)

22 (42.3)

80 (76.9)