• C Wargon, V Kunz, M L Pibarot, Y Ozier, C Rieux, M Benbunan, M Simonneau, C Monteil, A Lienhart, and Comité de sécurité transfusionnelle et d'hémovigilance de l'AP-HP.
• Service évaluation, qualité, accréditation, sécurité sanitaire (SEQASS), Assistance Publique, hôpitaux de Paris, 75100 Paris, France.
• Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2002 Mar 1; 21 (3): 198-204.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the understanding of written information contained in the information sheet for patients intended to receive an homologous transfusion and to know their opinion about this document.Type Of The StudyA prospective cohort survey carried out by people unrelated to clinical units and transfusion services.MethodsA document divided in two parts, the first one summarized, the second detailed, was distributed to transfused adult patients. The patients were hospitalized in the general surgery and orthopedic wards of two hospitals and in the hematology and oncology wards of two different hospitals. A questionnaire was filled out in the presence of the inquirer.ResultsSixty one subjects have been enrolled, among them 53 considered the information as adequate; 53 as comforting and neutral. 53 patients considered a written information as essential and 52 estimated that both part of the information sheet (summarized and detailed) were mandatory. Conversely, a more in depth investigation revealed there was a gap between patients statements and their true understanding.ConclusionThe value of a written information for the patients is confirmed by the study. In addition, patients were not generally worried by this information. The partition of the document has been appreciated. It is noteworthy that a gap exist between the patient's perception of the information and their actual level of understanding.

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