Table 3.

Percentage of physicians supplying information and percentage of patients understanding it

Information supplied to the patients	Percentage of physicians who inform the patients n = 83	Percentage of patients who understand the information n = 451	Statistical test and significance level
Disease diagnosis	80	82	not significant
Medical examination results	94	73	χ2 = 47.794, df = 2, p < 0.001
Treatment prognosis	80	54	χ2 = 37.386, df = 2, p < 0.001
Disease complications	99	50	χ2 = 36.439, df = 2, p < 0.001
Possible alternative treatment methods	97	37	χ2 = 52.711, df = 2, p < 0.001