• Mrs. K.KAMALA

This descriptive study conducted to assess the perception of women regarding informed consent before laparoscopic sterilization in selected PHCs in, Mysore. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 100 women who underwent laparoscopic sterilization A Structured Interview Likert scale was developed and used to collect the data. A pilot study was conducted to find out practicability and feasibility of the study. Data from the samples were collected through interview method. Data was analyzed using SPSS-16version. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The obtained perception score mean percentage was M=65.73 (SD=.1.91), related to ‘informed consent’ was M=69.13% (SD= 1.90), related to ‘Information’ was M=60.34% (SD=.1.97), related to ‘consent taking process’ was M= 67.71% (SD=1.68). And related to ethical value of informed consent was M= 65.75% (SD=.1.93). results revealed that women’s perception on informed consent was average.. Obtained F value regarding education (F=9.877) shows highly significant association between education and perception of women regarding informed consent. There is a need to improve the information given to patients and particularly woman with a low level of education before taking consent for any procedure.

PERCEPTION OF WOMEN REGARDING INFORMED CONSENT BEFORE LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION

"PERCEPTION OF WOMEN REGARDING INFORMED CONSENT BEFORE LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.i586-i591, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306861.pdf

"PERCEPTION OF WOMEN REGARDING INFORMED CONSENT BEFORE LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppi586-i591, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306861.pdf