- Title
- Medical imaging outpatients' experiences with receiving information required for informed consent and preparation: a cross-sectional study
- Creator
- Hyde, Lisa L.; Mackenzie, Lisa J.; Boyes, Allison W.; Symonds, Michael; Brown, Sandy; Sanson-Fisher, Rob
- Relation
- N.1073317 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1073317
- Relation
- Journal of Patient Experience Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 296-302
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373518765794
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Background: Medical imaging outpatients often experience inadequate information provision and report high levels of anxiety. However, no studies have assessed patients' receipt of preparatory information in this setting. Objective: To examine medical imaging outpatients' perceived receipt or non-receipt of preparatory information from health professionals and imaging department staff prior to their procedure. Method: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging outpatients at one Australian hospital self-completed a touchscreen computer survey assessing their perceived receipt of 33 guideline-recommended preparatory information items. Results: Of 317 eligible patients, 280 (88%) consented to participate. Eight percent (95% confidence interval: 5%-12%) of participants reported receiving all information items. The median number of information items not received was 18 (interquartile range: 8-25). Items most frequently endorsed as "not received" were: how to manage anxiety after (74%) and during the scan (69%). Items most commonly endorsed as "received" were: reason for referral (85%) and how to find the imaging department (74%). Conclusion: Few medical imaging outpatients recalled receiving recommended preparatory information. Preparatory communication needs to be improved to better meet patient-centered service imperatives.
- Subject
- communication; patient education; imaging; survey data
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1408873
- Identifier
- uon:35897
- Identifier
- ISSN:2374-3735
- Rights
- © The Author(s) 2018. Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Language
- eng
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