Development of a decision support intervention for family members of adults who lack capacity to consent to trials.

ABSTRACT: Informed consent is required for participation in clinical trials, however trials involving adults who lack capacity to consent require different enrolment processes. A family member usually acts as a proxy to make a decision based on the patient's 'presumed will', but these decisions can be challenging and families may experience an emotional and decisional burden. Decisions made on behalf of others are conceptually different from those made for ourselves. Innovations have been developed to improve informed consent processes for research, including a number of decision aids, however there are no interventions for proxies who are faced with more complex decisions. This article outlines the development of a novel decision aid to support families making decisions about research participation

SUBMITTER: Shepherd V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842028 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature