Marie-France Deschênes, Dimitri Létourneau, Johanne Goudreau
Script Concordance Approach in Nursing Education
Nurse educator
informed consent fundamental component workup surgical procedures statistical risk information pertaining procedure nature probabilistic challenging communicate especially poor numerical literacy visual aids audiovideo tools previously shown improve patients understanding statistical information study aimed explore impact different methods risk communication healthy participants randomized either undergo consent process visual aids standard consent process lumbar puncture healthy individuals 18 years old eligible exclusion criteria prior experience procedure relevant medical knowledge lack capacity consent underlying cognitive impairment hospitalised individuals randomisation groups received identical medical information procedure lumbar puncture hypothetical clinical scenario via different means consent control group underwent standard consent process current clinical practice consent form 1 without illustrative examples whereas intervention group received additional anatomy diagrams paling palette paling perspective scale anonymised questionnaires received evaluate perception procedure associated risks fiftytwo individuals eligible without statistically significant differences age sex professional status familiarity procedure visual aids noted improve confidence participants describe risks p 0009 participants intervention group felt significantly less overwhelmed medical information p 0028 enhanced consent process found significantly acceptable participants p 003 trend towards greater appropriateness p 006 appeared good usability median sus 764 although also reach statistical significance p 006 visual aids could appropriate alternative method medical consent without inferior regarding understanding procedure risks benefits future studies could possibly compare incorporate multiple interventions determine effective tools larger scale population including patients well healthy individuals