Parturients feel capable of giving informed consent for epidural analgesia: A qualitative and quantitative analysis
Authors' conclusion
The majority of participants reported the capacity to give informed consent.
Study context
- Population
- Postpartum women who received epidural analgesia during labour, Herlev Hospital, Denmark
- Participants
- 50 women
- Outcome
- Fraction of parturients feeling capable of giving informed consent, including knowledge of risks
Methodological detailsbedside survey, qualitative and quantitative analysis, single-centre
- Bedside survey
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Felt capable of judicious consent during labour
Felt they could make a judicious consent during labour: 40/50
80%
Felt they knew enough about epidural analgesia to consent again if necessary: 46/50
92%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Knowledge of risks of epidural analgesia
- Risks spontaneously reported (median)
- two
- Genuine risks identified from cued list (average)
- 5.1
- Made-up risks identified from cued list (average)
- 0.4
- Difference genuine vs made-up risks
- 4.7
Original publication
Parturients feel capable of giving informed consent for epidural analgesia: A qualitative and quantitative analysis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 27 December 2023. doi:10.
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