HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENDIDIKAN PASIEN TERHADAP KEPUASAN PEMBERIAN INFORMED CONSENT DI BAGIAN BEDAH RSUP DR. KARIADI SEMARANG(MEI-JUNI 2011)

Abstract

Background: Informed consent is a term that refers to the process in determining the action by the patient after he get full information about the medical actions that will be given by a physician. The extent of patient education can be divided into two, namely higher education and low education. This study aims to determine the relationship between the level of patient education to the satisfaction of giving informed consent in the surgical department of Dr. Kariadi Semarang. Methods: This study design is cross sectional, using patients in the surgery department as research respondents. 40 respondents who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria in the surgical department of Dr. Kariadi Semarang during the month of May until June 2011. Respondents were filling in the questionnaire and Chi square test using SPSS 17 for Windows. Results: Chi Square analysis with α = 0.05 obtained χ2 value calculated (10.507) is greater than the value of χ2 table (3.481) by 0.001 degrees of significance (p < 0.05). There is a significant relationship. Conclusion: The higher the education level of the patient, the higher the level of satisfaction of giving informed consent.