Characteristics Associated With Consent and Reasons for Declining in a Randomized Trial in Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the maternal characteristics associated with consent to a randomized trial of labor induction in pregnancy.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of low-risk nulliparous women randomized to induction of labor at 39 weeks or expectant management. During the trial, the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee requested additional fields on the screening log, which already included race and ethnicity: maternal age, type of insurance, and the reason for declining consent if declined.

Results

From August 2016 (start of additional data collection) to August 2017, 1,965 (28%) of the 7,112 eligible women consented to the trial. Consent was more likely for Black women (41%, adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.47, 95% CI 1.24-1.74), and less likely for Asian women (15%

SUBMITTER: Mallett G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971102 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature