Determinants of Patient and Surrogate Experiences With Acute Care Research Consent: A Key Informant Interview Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Informed consent for acute myocardial infarction and stroke research is challenging. Time for enrollment decisions is limited, patients and family are usually stressed, and being asked to participate in research is often unexpected. Despite these barriers, patients and surrogates have reported a preference for prospective involvement in research decisions and generally positive views of the consent process. It is unknown what drives positive or negative consent experiences. These data are crucial to making consent processes more context appropriate. Methods and Results We conducted a qualitative interview study with 27 patients and surrogates enrolled in acute myocardial infarction and stroke trials in the past 5 years. Purposive sampling from the P-CARE (Patient-Centered Approa

SUBMITTER: Scicluna VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915273 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature