Informed consent in osteopathy: a survey of practising UK osteopaths.
Item
- Title
- Informed consent in osteopathy: a survey of practising UK osteopaths.
- Author(s)
- Proverbs, Karly
- Abstract
- BackgroundAlthough there is guidance and there are recommendations for osteopaths gaining consent, little is known about osteopaths’ attitudes and understanding of informed consent. ObjectiveThis study explored how osteopaths communicate with patients, gain consent from patients for examination and treatment and disclose risk. The study also sought to examine whether there was any additional guidance that the General Osteopathic Council could provide to osteopaths on the disclosure of risk prior to carrying out cervical spine high-velocity low-amplitude thrusts. MethodsA link to an online survey designed based on that used by Langworthy and le Fleming (2005) was sent to 432 osteopaths by email. The survey was predominantly quantitative but included some qualitative questions. ResultsTwelve percent of this sample responded. Of this, 80% always disclosed the minor risks of osteopathic treatment but only 16% reported always disclosing the major risks. Ten percent reported that they never disclosed the major risks of osteopathic treatment. Osteopaths identified the risk of injury to patients, legal and ethical obligations, and osteopathic standards as the greatest factors in consent for HVLAT of the cervical spine. Many osteopaths expressed a desire for more specific evidence about the actual risk of cervical spine HVLATs. ConclusionThe majority of osteopaths gain informed consent from patients but there is also evidence that many osteopaths do not.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2015
- Date Submitted
- 13.11.2018 11:15:52
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 21
- Submitted by:
- 4457
- Pub-Identifier
- 16289
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Informed consent, osteopathy, risk, adverse events
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Proverbs, Karly, “Informed consent in osteopathy: a survey of practising UK osteopaths.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2057