A randomized study of multimedia informational aids for research on medical practices: Implications for informed consent.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Participant understanding is a key element of informed consent for enrollment in research. However, participants often do not understand the nature, risks, benefits, or design of the studies in which they take part. Research on medical practices, which studies standard interventions rather than new treatments, has the potential to be especially confusing to participants because it is embedded within usual clinical care. Our objective in this randomized study was to compare the ability of a range of multimedia informational aids to improve participant understanding in the context of research on medical practices.

Methods

We administered a web-based survey to members of a proprietary online panel sample selected to match national US demographics. Respondents we

SUBMITTER: Kraft SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5300898 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature