Digital animation as a tool to enhance informed consent when recruiting infants with biliary atresia to a clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Participants may have a poor understanding of the research they are involved in due to the challenges of receiving information during acute illness and the complexity and length of participant information sheets. This study aimed to assess the impact and acceptability of using digital animation to recruit infants with biliary atresia to a clinical trial.

Methods

The mixed method design used questionnaires and interviews to assess the feasibility of using animation during recruitment to a feasibility trial (ISRCTN81936667). All participants received verbal and written information, and after the animation was introduced, participants additionally received the animation. Quantitative data are presented descriptively (median, frequencies), and recruitment before and a

SUBMITTER: Mancell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12580458 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature