Analysis of motivations that lead women to participate (or not) in a newborn cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about reasons that influence parents' decision to participate in studies enrolling healthy children. The aim of this observational study was to verify the reasons that lead pregnant women to give their consent or to refuse participation to a newborn cohort study with a long follow up time.

Methods

To prospectively investigate the reasons that lead women to participate, to refuse the participation or to withdraw from a newborn cohort study, three different questionnaires were administered to pregnant women contacted or enrolled in the Phime cohort study, carried out in an Italian Hospital from 2007 to 2010.

Results

Phime study participation was refused by 304 women and 145 withdrew their consent during the follow up. All these women filled in

SUBMITTER: Vecchi Brumatti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3636025 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature