Improving biobank consent comprehension: a national randomized survey to assess the effect of a simplified form and review/retest intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the individual and combined effects of a simplified form and a review/retest intervention on biobanking consent comprehension.

Methods

We conducted a national online survey in which participants were randomized within four educational strata to review a simplified or traditional consent form. Participants then completed a comprehension quiz; for each item answered incorrectly, they reviewed the corresponding consent form section and answered another quiz item on that topic.

Results

Consistent with our first hypothesis, comprehension among those who received the simplified form was not inferior to that among those who received the traditional form. Contrary to expectations, receipt of the simplified form did not result in significantly better compr

SUBMITTER: Beskow LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5391302 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature