Consulting communities when patients cannot consent: a multicenter study of community consultation for research in emergency settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the range of responses to community consultation efforts conducted within a large network and the impact of different consultation methods on acceptance of exception from informed consent research and understanding of the proposed study.

Design

A cognitively pretested survey instrument was administered to 2,612 community consultation participants at 12 U.S. centers participating in a multicenter trial of treatment for acute traumatic brain injury.

Setting

Survey nested within community consultation for a phase III randomized controlled trial of treatment for acute traumatic brain injury conducted within a multicenter trial network and using exception from informed consent.

Subjects

Adult participants in community consultation events.

Int

SUBMITTER: Dickert NW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3947026 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature