Video-assisted informed consent helps reduce decisional conflict in cancer patients

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A study found that video-assisted informed consent can reduce decisional conflict among patients preparing for gastric cancer surgery. The approach may help patients absorb information about surgical options, risks, benefits, and recovery while easing the demands of lengthy face-to-face consultations.

For patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery, informed consent (IC) can involve extensive information about surgical methods, complications, risks, benefits and life after treatment. Conventional face-to-face explanations can be difficult to absorb in one sitting and require substantial time from both patients and surgeons. Decisional conflict, the uncertainty people may feel when making a treatment choice, adds to this challenge.