"Tell me what you suggest, and let's do that, doctor": Patient deliberation time during informal decision-making in clinical trials.

ABSTRACT: Informed consent is an essential part of an ethical clinical trial; to this end, researchers have developed several interventions to promote participants' full understanding of trials and thereby improve the consent process. However, few empirical studies have examined how patients make the decision of whether to give consent. The objective of this study, therefore, is to analyze patients' decision-making process when participating in clinical trials. We conduct an internet survey (n = 2,045) and interview data analysis (n = 40) with patients and categorize respondents into three types of participants: active, passive, and non-participation. Our results show that patients often make informal and quick decisions before medical staff provide them with relevant information during the informed

SUBMITTER: Nakada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6350979 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature