Table 2 Patient and physician responses to seven statements regarding the patient’s understanding of the information
Patient responses | Physician responses | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient/physician questions | Fully agrees n (%) | Partly agrees n (%) | Does not fully agree n (%) | Disagrees n (%) | n | Fully agrees n (%) | Partly agrees n (%) | Does not fully agree n (%) | Disagrees n (%) | n | |
1. | I/the patient understood the oral information completely | 38 (82.6) | 8 (17.4) | - | - | 46 | 26 (56.5) | 20 (43.5) | - | - | 46 |
2. | I/the patient understood the written information completely | 37 (80.4) | 9 (19.6) | - | - | 46 | 23 (51.1) | 21 (46.7) | 1 (2.2) | - | 45 |
3. | I/the patient understood all words and expressions that the physician used during the oral information | 36 (78.3) | 8 (17.4) | 2 (4.3) | - | 46 | 24 (52.2) | 22 (47.8) | - | - | 46 |
4. | I/the patient understood all words and expressions in the written information | 30 (65.2) | 13 (28.3) | 3 (6.5) | - | 46 | 19 (42.2) | 24 (53.3) | 2 (4.4) | - | 45 |
5. | I/the patient understood how the treatment would be carried out and followed up | 42 (91.3) | 4 (8.7) | - | - | 46 | 30 (65.2) | 16 (34.8) | - | - | 46 |
6. | I/the patient understood what side-effects the treatment may have | 40 (88.9) | 4 (8.9) | 1 (2.2) | - | 45 | 28 (60.9) | 18 (39.1) | - | - | 46 |
7. | I/the patient understood the purpose of the research study | 40 (87.0) | 5 (10.9) | 1 (2.2) | - | 46 | 33 (71.7) | 10 (21.7) | 3 (6.5) | - | 46 |