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Practice of Informed consent, confidentiality and privacy as graded by data collector |
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| Public Hospital |
Private Hospital |
Two-sample t-test |
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| Informed consent |
Frequency (%) |
Frequency (%) |
T statistic (df:184) |
p value |
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| 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* |
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| Total |
93 (100) |
93 (100) |
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| Confidentiality |
Frequency (%) |
Frequency (%) |
T statistic (df:184) |
p value |
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| 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 |
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| Total |
93 (100) |
93 (100) |
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| Privacy |
Frequency (%) |
Frequency (%) |
T statistic (df:107) |
p value |
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| 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 |
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| Total |
28# (100) |
81# (100) |
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*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 |
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