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MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Many patients do not understand or remember the information given to them during the informed consent process for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study published online Nov. 27 in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Felicity Astin, Ph.D., R.N., from the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom, and colleagues assessed cardiologists’ and patients’ views about the informed consent process. Two cross-sectional, anonymous surveys were distributed in England. Overall, 118 cardiologists and 326 patients completed the surveys.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that similar views were shared by cardiologists and patients on the purpose of informed consent; more than 40 percent of patients and more than one-third of cardiologists agreed that patients do not understand or remember the information given. Compared with cardiologists, patients placed less value on the consent process: More than 60 percent agreed that patients relied on their doctor making the decision for them. There were significant differences in patients’ and cardiologists’ views on the benefits of PCI; 60 percent of patients mistakenly believed that PCI was curative.<\/p>\n
“The renewed emphasis on supported decision making reflects a paradigm shift in thinking about the informed consent process, with the patients’ views and preferences becoming more prominent,” the authors write. “This reframing of patient-health professional discussions will no doubt gather momentum across other international health settings but requires the reconfiguration of the PCI patient pathway.”<\/p>\n