Deferred consent in emergency obstetric research: findings from qualitative interviews with women and recruiters in the ACROBAT pilot trial for severe postpartum haemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The ACROBAT pilot trial of early cryoprecipitate for severe postpartum haemorrhage used deferred consent procedures. Pretrial discussions with a patient and public involvement group found mixed views towards deferred consent. This study aimed to build an understanding of how the deferred consent procedures worked in practice, to inform plans for a full-scale trial.

Setting

Qualitative interview study within a cluster-randomised pilot trial, involving four London maternity services.

Participants

Individual interviews were conducted postnatally with 10 women who had received blood transfusion for severe postpartum haemorrhage and had consented to the trial. We also interviewed four 'recruiters'-two research midwives and two clinical trials practitioners who co

SUBMITTER: Sweeney L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature