Overcoming barriers to informed consent in neurological research: Perspectives from a national survey.

ABSTRACT: The ethical recruitment of participants with neurological disorders in clinical research requires obtaining initial and ongoing informed consent. The purpose of this study is to characterize barriers faced by research personnel in obtaining informed consent from research participants with neurological disorders and to identify strategies applied by researchers to overcome those barriers. This study was designed as a web-based survey of US researchers with an optional follow-up interview. A subset of participants who completed the survey were selected using a stratified purposeful sampling strategy and invited to participate in an in-depth qualitative interview by phone or video conference. Data were analyzed using a mixed methods approach, including content analysis of survey responses and

SUBMITTER: Sankary LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10609656 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature