Patients’ Experience on Practice and Applicability of Informed Consent in Traditional Medical Practice in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Table 5

Patients’ responses regarding IC regulations and process.

	Yes		No		DK		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Time spent to explain the procedure or treatment
5 to 10 min	40	31.0
10 to 20 min	66	51.2
20 to 30 min	23	17.8
Would you like to know
All of the risks	105	81.4
None of the risks	21	16.3
Some of the risks	1	0.8
Do not know	2	1.6
Were you advised that you could accept or reject treatment	118	91.5	8	6.2	3	2.3	129
Did you seek assistance in deciding to accept treatment	99	76.7	30	23.3	0	0.0	129
If yes, from whom you sought assistance
Parent	29	22.5
Husband	4	3.1
Wife	11	8.5
Family member	33	25.6
Friend	22	17.1
No assistance	30	23.3
Did you make your choice of your own free will	129	100	0	0.0	0	0.0	129
Was enough information provided	129	100	0	0.0	0	0.0	129
Did you feel threatened or afraid to say no	6	4.7	122	94.6	1	0.8	129
Were you offered an incentive	0	0.0	129	100	0	0.0	129
How did you consent (verbally)	129	100	0	0.0	0	0.0	129
At what age can a minor consent
12 years	3	2.3
15 years	2	1.6
18 years	85	65.9
21 years	14	10.9
Do not know	24	18.6
If you do not like the treatment, can you change your mind	127	98.4	1		1		129

Note: DK means do not know.