Knowledge of surgical informed consent and associated factors among patients undergone obstetric and gynecologic surgery at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2020: an institutional based cross-sectional study

Table 4 Health facility-related factors of patient’s knowledge at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia 2020

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Is consent form written with mother tongue	Yes	234	62.9
Is consent form written with mother tongue	No	124	33.3
Consent requested by	Ob-gyn specialist	44	11.8
	General practitioner/resident	302	81.2
	Midwife/nurse	26	7.0
Timing of consent	The day before the date of surgery	65	17.5
	On the day of surgery	87	23.4
	Immediately before surgery	208	55.9
	On the operation table	12	3.2
Time taken to provide informed consent	< 5 min	231	62.1
	5 -10 min	76	20.4
	> 10 min	65	17.5
Timing taken to decision making	Early	343	92.2
Timing taken to decision making	Late	29	7.8

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