Potential research participants' use of information during the consent process: A qualitative pilot study of patients enrolled in a clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: There is increasing evidence that clinical trial participants are uninformed about the trials in which they participate, raising ethical concerns regarding informed consent. The aim of this pilot study was to explore clinical trial participants' use of consent discussions and information sheets when considering participating in clinical trials research. A qualitative, interview-based pilot study was designed in order to elicit, through dialogue, details of the reasons for participants' use of, and preferences regarding, different modes of information provision. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with two different groups of patients who were participants in the Reinforcement of Closure of Stoma Site trial. The first group comprised newly-consented trial participants, who had been r

SUBMITTER: Jenkins SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7302495 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature