An instrument for assessing the quality of informed consent documents for elective procedures: development and testing
Spatz ES, Suter LG, George E, Perez M, Curry L, Desai V, Bao H, Geary LL, Herrin J, Lin Z, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM. An instrument for assessing the quality of informed consent documents for elective procedures: development and testing. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e033297. PMID: 32434933, PMCID: PMC7247404, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsConsent FormsElective Surgical ProceduresHumansInformed ConsentReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignSurveys and QuestionnairesQuality of informed consent documents among US. hospitals: a cross-sectional study
Spatz ES, Bao H, Herrin J, Desai V, Ramanan S, Lines L, Dendy R, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Lin Z, Suter LG. Quality of informed consent documents among US. hospitals: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e033299. PMID: 32434934, PMCID: PMC7247389, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedConsent FormsCross-Sectional StudiesHospitalsHumansInformed ConsentMedicareReproducibility of ResultsUnited StatesConceptsInformed consent documentsHOSPITAL scoreUS hospitalsMean hospital scoresRetrospective observational studyConsent documentsCross-sectional studyEight-item instrumentService patientsElective proceduresProcedure typeObservational studySurgical proceduresMedicare feeHospitalHospital qualityMeasure scoresInformed consentMost hospitalsSpearman correlationScoresFace validityIndependent ratersOutcomesStakeholder feedback