Rate of consent validity in patients from teaching hospitals in Sari

, , , ,(Received 30 Jan, 2009 ; Accepted 6 May, 2009)AbstractBackground and purpose: Quality of data in patient record is not a new issue. Data quality requires many details, which in this article we analyzed for validity of consent. This is a patients right and hospitals must pay attention to it, prior to providing their services.Materials and methods: This is a descriptive chart review research. Variables are age, sex, type of admission, degree of understanding, general condition at time of admission, and the person who signed the consent for chart, using medical information, validity of consent and education of admission clerk. This was a pilot study within each hospital, according to the number of clerks, thus, 30 records were reviewed. Validity of consent confirmed with comparison of consents with the standards. Data was analyzed with SPSS software, X2 statistics were used for determining the relation between variables and P