Patient Perception of Informed Consent and Its Associated Factors among Surgical Patients Attending Public Hospitals in Dessie City Administration, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 6

Factors associated with perception of informed consent for surgical procedures among surgical patients in Dessie City Administration public hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 422).

Variables	Category	Perception		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
		Poor	Good
Age	18–30 years	30	133	0.15 (0.09–0.25)	0.97 (0.35–2.74)
	31–40 years	19	77	0.16 (0.09–0.30)	0.60 (0.23–1.56)
	41–50 years	18	25	0.46 (0.23–0.94)	0.69 (0.27–1.75)
	>50 years	73	47	1	1
Educational status	Inability to read and write	91	45	18.28 (10.52–31.77)	5.71 (2.76–11.8)
	Basic ability to read and write	25	20	11.3 (5.48–23.3)	6.03 (2.57–14.16)
	Formal education	24	217	1	1
Marital status	Married	77	213	1	1
	Single	13	51	0.71 (0.36–1.37)	1.50 (0.63–3.58)
	Widowed/divorced	50	18	7.68 (4.22–13.98)	3.85 (1.83–8.08)
Residence	Rural	118	86	12.2 (7.26–20.58)	3.71 (1.94–7.07)
	Urban	22	196	1	1
Schedule of surgery	Emergency	42	148	0.39 (0.25–0.60)	0.74 (0.38–1.47)
	Elective	98	134	1	1
Surgery discipline	Orthopedic	22	34	1.40 (0.72–2.70)	0.99 (0.40–2.46)
	Obstetric	24	95	0.55 (0.30–0.98)	0.19 (0.47–3.06)
	Gynecology	10	29	0.74 (0.33–1.68)	1.17 (0.38–3.55)
	Ophthalmology	33	25	2.85 (1.49–5.44)	1.53 (0.63–3.74)
	Dental and Otolaryngology	13	17	1.65 (0.73–3.74)	1.43 (0.40–5.17)
	Surgery	38	82	1	1
Previous chronic medical history	Yes	54	48	3.06 (1.93–4.85)	1.34 (0.62–2.87)
	No	86	234	1	1
Previous surgical history	Yes	24	70	0.63 (0.37–1.05)	1.09 (0.46–2.58)
	No	116	212	1	1
The language of written informed consent	Different from mother tongue	8	7	2.38 (0.85–6.71)	4.196 (1.12–15.78)
	Mother tongue	132	275	1	1
Patient-physician relationship	Poor	102	124	3.42 (2.20–5.31)	2.35 (1.31–4.24)
	Good	38	158	1	1
Informed consent knowledge	Poor	119	105	9.55 (5.66–16.12)	3.05 (1.56–5.97)
	Good	21	177	1	1

Note. Statistically significant, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, and 1: reference category.