Table 6 Opinions about the medical information supplied to patients in the knowledgeable about the law and acknowledgeable about the law health care professionals groups
From: Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania
Information supplied to the patients | Percentage of physicians who know the Law | Percentage of physicians who do not know the Law | Statistical test and significance level |
|---|---|---|---|
Disease diagnosis | 92.1 | 7.9 | χ2 = 6.623, df = 1, p < 0.01 |
Medical examination results | 89.8 | 10.2 | χ2 = 6.724, df = 1, p < 0.01 |
Treatment prognosis | 93.7 | 6.3 | χ2 = 12.456, df = 1, p < 0.001 |
Disease complications | 91.0 | 9.0 | χ2 = 10.587, df = 1, p < 0.01 |
Possible alternative treatment methods | 92.9 | 7.1 | χ2 = 15.179, df = 1, p < 0.001 |