Use of a modified informed consent process among vulnerable patients: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about patient characteristics associated with comprehension of consent information, and whether modifications to the consent process can promote understanding.

Objective

To describe a modified research consent process, and determine whether literacy and demographic characteristics are associated with understanding consent information.

Design

Descriptive study of a modified consent process: consent form (written at a sixth-grade level) read to participants, combined with 7 comprehension questions and targeted education, repeated until comprehension achieved (teach-to-goal).

Participants

Two hundred and four ethnically diverse subjects, aged > or = 50, consenting for a trial to improve the forms used for advance directives.

Measureme

SUBMITTER: Sudore RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1831581 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature