Luka Vu?emilo|Ana Borove?ki
Readability and Content Assessment of Informed Consent Forms for Medical Procedures in Croatia
Klini?ka bolnica Merkur|Andrija Stampar Teaching Institute of Public Health|University of Zagreb
high quality informed consent form essential adequate information transfer physicians patients current status medical procedure consent forms clinical practice croatia specifically terms readability content unknown aim study assess readability content informed consent forms diagnostic therapeutic procedures used patients croatia52 informed consent forms six croatian hospitals secondary tertiary healthcare level tested reading difficulty using simple measure gobbledygook smog formula adjusted croatian language qualitative analysis contentthe averaged smog grade analyzed informed consent forms 1325 sd 159 range 1019 content analysis revealed informed consent forms included description risks 96 cases benefits 81 description procedures 78 alternatives 52 risks benefits alternatives 17 risks benefits receiving treatment undergoing procedures 13readability evaluated informed consent forms appropriate general population croatia content forms failed include high proportion cases description alternatives risks benefits alternatives well risks benefits receiving treatments undergoing procedures data obtained research could help development improvement informed consent forms croatia especially croatian hospitals undergoing process accreditation