Computer-based tutorial as supportive means to enhance quality and efficiency of the informed consent process for cataract surgery

Studies have shown that patients often cannot remember the most important and essential parts of the communication with their clinician. Consequently, the level of information provided to the patient by the practitioner for purposes of the informed consent is often inadequate, particularly when the patient has to undergo a surgical intervention. For this reason a computer-based tutorial was developed. Aim of this study was to compare, if patients who are informed using the novel computer-based CatInfo tool and the face-to-face interview are better informed than patients that are informed only in the face-to-face interview with the clinician.