Nivel de conocimiento del consentimiento informado de anestesiología en los pacientes del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga– periodo enero diciembre 2021

Abstract

Background: Informed consent is a legal medical document that needs to be signed prior to any medical procedure. Through it, the risks and benefits of the procedure are known. This is carried out and adapted to medical ethical principles. Objective: To determine the level of knowledge about the anesthetic informed consent that the patients of the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital have in the period January to December 2021. Materials and method: an analytical cross- sectional study was carried out. The sample was 359. The variables studied were age, sex, origin, residence, educational level, work activity, type of surgery, knowledge of informed consent. Tables and graphs were made with frequency and percentage for qualitative variables and average and standard deviation for the quantitative ones. OR was obtained, with its 95% CI and the p value. Results: the mean age was 52.58 (±) 14.45 years, 61.6% were women and 37% men, 84.7% of Sierra origin, living in rural areas 57.9% with secondary education 37%, work activity on 51.3%. Knowledge of informed consent in the population is 45% and is related to the demographic variables age under 61 years (OR 3.6, p 0.000, IC95% 2.2-6), basic education (OR 0.28,p 0.000, IC95% 0.17-0.44), assets (OR 1.8, p 0.006, CI95% 1.18-2.74), rural residence (OR 2.03, p 0.001, CI95% 1.32-3.3). Conclusions: as in studies carried out in other countries, it is evident that patients do not adequately understand informed consent.