Heart, lung & circulation
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Heart, lung & circulation · Feb 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyA randomised study of three different informational AIDS prior to coronary angiography, measuring patient recall, satisfaction and anxiety.
Informed consent is a basic standard of care for all patients undergoing medical procedures, but recall of information has been shown to be poor. We sought to compare verbal, written and animated audiovisual information delivery, during consent for coronary angiography, by measuring improvement in recall. ⋯ Despite careful design of an innovative audiovisual delivery technique aimed at optimising comprehension and aiding memory, recall of information was poor and informational aids showed no improvement. Modes of information delivery are not the key to patient assimilation of complex medical information.