Impact of Social Media on Community Consultation in Exception From Informed Consent Clinical Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exception from informed consent (EFIC) allows clinician scientists to perform much needed emergency research. Obtaining this exception, however, requires many meetings with community groups for consultation, which can make the process time-consuming and expensive. We aim to determine the impact of using social media in lieu of some community meetings in an effort to obtain an EFIC.

Materials and methods

An economic analysis of four randomized clinical trials was performed. Costs were conservatively estimated using personnel costs, social media costs, and adjusted to 2016 US dollars. People were considered reached if they attended a community meeting or were directed to the study website by social media and spent ≥1 min.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Harvin JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291833 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature