Multimedia Informed Consent Tool for a Low Literacy African Research Population: Development and Pilot-Testing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International guidelines recommend the use of appropriate informed consent procedures in low literacy research settings because written information is not known to guarantee comprehension of study information.

Objectives

This study developed and evaluated a multimedia informed consent tool for people with low literacy in an area where a malaria treatment trial was being planned in The Gambia.

Methods

We developed the informed consent document of the malaria treatment trial into a multimedia tool integrating video, animations and audio narrations in three major Gambian languages. Acceptability and ease of use of the multimedia tool were assessed using quantitative and qualitative methods. In two separate visits, the participants' comprehension of the study i

SUBMITTER: Afolabi MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4133653 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature