Relationship between Adult Patient's Reading Levels and Comprehension of Consent Form

The objectives of this study are to (a) determine the readability of a selected patient consent form using Fry and SMOG formulas, (b) determine the reading levels of the participants using WRAT-R Level 2 Reading subtest, (c) determine the participants comprehension of the consent form using the Cloze technique, and (d) determine the relationship between the reading level and comprehension of consent form.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - University Access Only

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Nursing

Year

1993

Author dc:creator

• Schroeder, Gwendolyn K.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kay Foland

• informed consent in the United States
• readability
• reading ability testing
• Nursing

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 1993 Gwendolyn Schroeder. All rights reserved

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/788

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1788