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Percepción y comprensión del consentimiento informado en pacientes que acudieron a la Facultad de Odontología en el año 2010

Authors

  • Ana Amarilla Guirland

Keywords:

consentimiento informado, percepción, comprensión

Abstract

sugerido por el profesional luego de brindarle información. Es obligatorio según los
Códigos Penal y Sanitario de Paraguay; prestándose especial atención a la comprensión
del paciente, y la información suministrada redactada de manera clara, sencilla y
completa. El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar la percepción y comprensión del
consentimiento informado en pacientes que acudieron a la Facultad de Odontología en el
año 2010; con el propósito de tomar medidas correctivas necesarias si fuere necesario.
En un estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal, se aplicó un cuestionario
autoadministrado constituido de 14 preguntas divididas en tres apartados; datos
sociodemográficos, percepción y comprensión a 145 pacientes. Se observó percepción y
comprensión suficiente en 62% de los participantes y el 82% de los pacientes cree que
firmar el documento exime de responsabilidad penal al profesional. Se concluye que no se
observó significancia estadística al asociar el nivel académico con la percepción y
comprensión del consentimiento informado p=5,9 (Fischer) p> 0,005.

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Published

2011-12-01

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2011): Julio-Diciembre

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Amarilla Guirland, A. (2011). Percepción y comprensión del consentimiento informado en pacientes que acudieron a la Facultad de Odontología en el año 2010. Memorias Del Instituto De Investigaciones En Ciencias De La Salud, 9(2). https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/RIIC/article/view/1714