Journal article
Protocol Understanding and Anxiety in Perioperative Clinical Trial Patients Approached for Consent on the Day of Surgery
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether approaching patients for consent on the day of surgery impairs understanding or produces unacceptable anxiety compared with obtaining consent before the day of surgery.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We assessed the effect of the timing of obtaining consent for a moderate- to high-risk factorial trial of clonidine and aspirin in patients having noncardiac surgery. Between February 1, 2011, and November 31, 2011, 2 study …
Authors
Chludzinski A; Irani C; Mascha EJ; Kurz A; Devereaux PJ; Sessler DI
Journal
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 446–454
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.12.014
ISSN
0025-6196