Informed Consent—Recall of Risk Information following Epidural Analgesia in Labour
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TL;DR
It is recommended that informed consent for epidural analgesia in labour be obtained antenatally whenever possible, and that details of the consent be recorded in the patient's notes.
Abstract
Recall of information pertaining to informed consent for epidural insertion in 40 primiparous labouring women was assessed. The recall of informed consent was compared between those patients who had attended antenatal epidural education classes, and those who had not. Overall recall of information was poor. Recall of information was significantly better in patients who had attended antenatal epidural education classes. We recommend that informed consent for epidural analgesia in labour be obtained antenatally whenever possible, and that details of the consent be recorded in the patient's notes.