Table 7 Transparency and patient consent (n = 200)
The question | Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Very often |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Is the patient aware that their medicine is mixed into the food? | 33 (16.5) | 29 (14.5) | 78 (39) | 78 (39) | 31 (15.5) |
Is the procedure of mixing medicine into the food ‘carefully planned’ in the nursing notes? | 36 (18) | 53 (26.5) | 50 (25) | 26 (13) | 35 (17.5) |
Is the requirement of mixing the medicine into the food explicitly mentioned in the prescription? | 42 (21) | 41 (20.5) | 63 (31.5) | 28 (14) | 26 (13) |
Did you obtain consent from the patient’s guardian before mixing medicine into food? | 43 (21.5) | 36 (18) | 66 (33) | 27 (13.5) | 28 (14) |
Did you ask the patient’s guardian about the preferred food to mix with medicine? | 46 (23) | 41 (20.5) | 63 (31.5) | 26 (13) | 24 (12) |
Did you obtain consent from the patient before mixing the drug into food? | 61 (30.5) | 45 (22.5) | 56 (28) | 20 (10) | 18 (9) |
Did you ask the patients about the food they preferred to mix with medicine? | 50 (25) | 43 (21.5) | 57 (28.5) | 30 (15) | 20 (10) |