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Table 1 Summary of the responses to the questions according to age, gender and highest formal education attained

From: Informed consent for clinical treatment in low-income setting: evaluating the relationship between satisfying consent and extent of recall of consent information

   

Appropriate Response

Inappropriate Response

Total

χ2

Question 1

Age

<45 yrs

169 (81.6%)

38 (18.4%)

207 (100%)

0.10

≥45 yrs

120 (74.1%)

42 (25.9%)

162 (100%)

Gender

Female

153 (88.4%)

20 (11.6%)

173 (100%)

<0.001

Male

136 (69.4%)

60 (30.6%)

196 (100%)

Educational status

≤6 yrs

56 (62.2%)

34 (37.8%)

90 (100%)

<0.001

>6 yrs

233 (83.5%)

46 (16.5%)

279 (100%)

Question 2

Age

<45 yrs

133 (64.3%)

74 (35.7%)

207 (100%)

0.83

≥45 yrs

102 (63.0%)

60 (37.0%)

162 (100%)

Gender

Female

121 (69.9%)

52 (30.1%)

173 (100%)

0.01

Male

114 (58.2%)

82 (41.8%)

196 (100%)

Educational status

≤6 yrs

46 (51.1%)

44 (48.9%)

90 (100%)

0.01

>6 yrs

189 (67.7%)

90 (32.3%)

279 (100%)

Question 3

Age

<45 yrs

51 (24.6%)

156 (75.4%)

207 (100%)

0.13

≥45 yrs

29 (17.9%)

133 (82.1%)

162 (100%)

Gender

Female

41 (23.7%)

132 (76.3%)

173 (100%)

0.38

Male

39 (19.9%)

157 (80.1%)

196 (100%)

Educational status

≤8 yrs

8 (8.9%)

82 (91.1%)

90 (100%)

0.001

>8 yrs

72 (25.8%)

207 (74.2%)

279 (100%)

  1. [Question 1: recall of nature of disease condition; Question 2: recall of nature of planned surgery; Question 3: recall of risks involved in planned surgery; χ2: Fisher exact test; Educational status captures duration of formal education]