Table 2

Practice of Informed consent, confidentiality and privacy as graded by data collector


Public Hospital
Private Hospital
Two-sample t-test

Informed consent
Frequency (%)
Frequency (%)
T statistic (df:184)
p value

Properly taken
3 (3.2)
2 (2.1)
0.467
0.64
Improperly taken
6 (6.5)
42 (45.7)
6.08
< 0.0001*
Not taken at all
84 (90.3)
49 (53.3)
5.60
< 0.0001*

Total
93 (100)
93 (100)



Confidentiality
Frequency (%)
Frequency (%)
T statistic (df:184)
p value

Adequate
10 (10.8)
33 (35.5)
3.993
< 0.0001*
Inadequate
55 (59.1)
41 (44.1)
2.04
0.0421*
Not at all
28 (30.1)
19 (20.4)
1.523
0.1296

Total
93 (100)
93 (100)



Privacy
Frequency (%)
Frequency (%)
T statistic (df:107)
p value

Adequate
3 (10.7)
21 (25.9)
1.674
0.097
Inadequate
20 (71.4)
51 (63)
0.80
0.423
Not at all
5 (17.9)
9 (11.1)
0.92
0.356

Total
28# (100)
81# (100)



*results reach statistical significance

#provision of privacy was graded only during physical examinations hence N < 93

Humayun et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2008 9:14   doi:10.1186/1472-6939-9-14