• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) · Aug 2021

    Patients' understanding of "informed consent" in plastic surgery.

    • José Neder Netto, Roberto Augusto de Carvalho Campos, and Reginaldo Raimundo Fujita.
    • Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
    • Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2021 Aug 1; 67 (8): 1150-1154.

    ObjectiveTo assess the patient's understanding of the informed consent form before and after plastic surgery.MethodsThis was a prospective analytical descriptive study that utilized a questionnaire on informed consent before and after plastic surgery procedures.ResultsComprehension of informed consent was higher before surgery than after surgery (p=0.016; question 15). The higher the scholarity, the higher the comprehension (s=0.151; p=0.045) before surgery (question 4). For the other questions, it was not possible to find a difference in the pattern of understanding and in the association with the educational attainment level after surgery (s=0.180; p=0.046; question 1). CONCLUSIONS: The patients' level of comprehension of the details, outcomes, possible complications, and postoperative evolutions of surgical procedures, as stated by the informed consent form, is high.

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