Table 4

Patient characteristics, rate of recall and attitude of the patients during the informed consent procedure according to the two investigators.


Investigator 1
Investigator 2
p value

Age of the patients, mean (SD)
48 (22)
56 (20)
0.21
Sex of the patients, male/female
11/4
17/12
0.29
SAPS II of the patients
20 (9)
18 (10)
0.56
Patients with Complete recall, n (percentage)
3 (20)
11 (38)
0.38
Patients with recall of study participation, n (percentage)
10 (67)
25 (86)
0.14
Patients with recall of the study purpose, n (percentage)
4 (27)
16 (55)
0.07
Patients with recall of the study risk, n (percentage)
7(46)
14(48)
0.99
Attitude of the patients before consent, n (percentage)



     Read leaflet
8 (53)
20 (69)
0.30
     Asked at least one question
6 (40)
8 (28)
0.40
     Read or asked
10 (67)
21 (72)
0.74
     Read and asked
4 (27)
7 (24)
0.99

Chenaud et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R170   doi:10.1186/cc5120