The impact of patient involvement on participant opinions of information sheets.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient and public involvement (PPI) groups can provide valuable input to create more accessible study documents with less jargon. However, we don't know whether this procedure improves accessibility for potential participants.

Aims

We assessed whether participant information sheets were rated as more accessible after PPI review and which aspects of information sheets and study design were important to mental health patients compared with a control group with no mental health service use.

Method

This was a double-blind quasi-experimental study using a mixed-methods explanatory design. Patients and control participants quantitatively rated pre- and post-review documents. Semi-structured interviews were thematically analysed to gain qualitative feedback on op

SUBMITTER: Hudson G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9885327 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature