Systematic review and meta-analysis of audio-visual information aids for informed consent for invasive healthcare procedures in clinical practice

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-32

  Farrell, Elinor H ^a   Whistance, Robert N ^b   Phillips, Katie ^a   Morgan, Benjamin ^a   Savage, Katherine ^a   Lewis, Victoria ^a   Kelly, Mark ^a   Blazeby, Jane M ^b   Kinnersley, Paul ^a   Edwards, Adrian ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audio visual interventions; Informed consent; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84890156714     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.08.019     Document Type: Review

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