Application of a Readability Score in Informed Consent forms for Clinical Studies
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readability of informed consent forms in clinical trials conducted in a skin research center
obtaining informed consents is one of the most fundamental principles in conducting a clinical trial. in order for the consent to be informed, the patient must receive and comprehend the information appropriately. complexity of the consent form is a common problem that has been shown to be a major barrier to comprehension for many patients. the objective of this study was to assess the readabil...
متن کاملReadability of informed consent forms in clinical trials conducted in a skin research center
Obtaining informed consents is one of the most fundamental principles in conducting a clinical trial. In order for the consent to be informed, the patient must receive and comprehend the information appropriately. Complexity of the consent form is a common problem that has been shown to be a major barrier to comprehension for many patients. The objective of this study was to assess the readabil...
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BACKGROUND Institutional review boards (IRBs) are charged with safeguarding potential research subjects with limited literacy but may have an inadvertent role in promulgating unreadable consent forms. We hypothesized that text provided by IRBs in informed-consent forms falls short of the IRBs' own readability standards and that readability is influenced by the level of research activity, local ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2155-9627
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9627.1000156