Muhammad Ahtisham Aslam
LOPDF: a framework for extracting and producing open data of scientific documents for smart digital libraries
PeerJ. Computer science
informed consent essential process clinical decisionmaking healthcare providers educate patients benefits risks alternatives procedure statistical risk information difficult communicate effectiveness aids aimed supporting type communication uncertain systematic review aims study impact risk communication adjuncts patients understanding statistical risk surgery interventional procedures systematic search performed across medline embase psycinfo scopus web science july 2021 repeated search september 2022 rcts observational studies examining risk communication tools eg information leaflets audiovideo adult age 16 patients undergoing surgical interventional procedure included primary outcomes included objective assessment statistical risk recall secondary outcomes included patient attitudes respect statistical information due study heterogeneity narrative synthesis performed total 4348 articles identified following abstract fulltext screening 14 articles including 9 rcts included total number adult patients 1513 common risk communication tool used written information n 7 rcts 79 778 showed statistically significant improvements patient understanding statistical risk intervention group quality assessment found concerns rcts risk communication tools appear improve recall statistical risk additional prospective trials comparing various aids simultaneously warranted determine effective method improving understanding