title: Evaluation of Patient Feedback following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy based on Information Described in the Informed Consent form Developed by the Association of Polish Surgeons.
abstract: The cholecystectomy procedure is the most routinely performed intervention in general surgery. The current international gold standard is via the laparoscopic approach. It is a safe, minimally-invasive procedure; however, it is associated with complications in 1% of cases. The aim of the study was to analyze patient feedback, by means of a survey, to determine how much knowledge patients possessed about their disease state and proposed surgical intervention, based primarily on information contained within the informed consent form developed by the Association of Polish Surgeons.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study involved the participation of 51 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, indicated by a diagnosis of gallstones, in the years 2014 and 2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite having signed the informed consent form, there was considerable variation among the responses given to the survey by the 51 patients in this study. Some patients' responses were tangential to the questions asked; many patients did not respond to any of the sub points.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given that this study is based on a small sample size of patients, it must be presumed that the process by which the patient declares his or her informed consent requires further consideration with respect to the means by which it is obtained. The authors of this study thus recommend that multimedia resources be harnessed as part of the process of obtaining the informed consent of patients prior to surgical intervention.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Misiak
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jabłoński
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lazarek
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malinowska
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santorek-Strumiłło
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terlecki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D032962:Consent Forms / Q000592:standards*; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011044:Poland; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult