The Functional Competency of Elderly at Risk1
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 28 (Suppl) , 53-58
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/28.suppl.53
Abstract
Informed consent information on high and low risk medical procedures was presented to elderly people in a long term care facility in standard, simplified or storybook formats. Comprehension was significantly better for the simplified and storybook formats. Ratings of decision-making ability approximated the comprehension test results. Performance on comprehension tests deteriorated significantly more after 1 week for the standard format group on high risk procedures.Keywords
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