BACKGROUND Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of research informed consent is a high priority. Some express concern about longer, more complex, written consent forms creating barriers to participant understanding. A recent meta-analysis concluded that randomized comparisons were needed. METHODS We conducted a cluster-randomized non-inferiority comparison of a standard versus concise c...

Purpose. To investigate whether adding video assistance to traditional verbal informed consent advisement improved satisfaction among cataract surgery patients. Methods. This trial enrolled 80 Chinese patients with age-related cataracts scheduled to undergo unilateral phacoemulsification surgery. Patients were randomized into two groups: the video group watched video explaining cataract-related...

evaluation of remedial services quality of hospitals by using servqual scale (case study: educating hospitals dependence to medicine university of yazd) ar rajabipoor meybodi , ma d farid , phd, t rajabipoor meybodi , bsc received: 16 aug, 2009 accepted: 25 oct, 2009 abstract: background & aims: patient is an essential axis in hospital and all services performed for him. his satisfaction and co...

BACKGROUND We investigated whether, in the emergency department (ED), educational video-assisted informed consent is superior to the conventional consent process, to inform trauma patients undergoing surgery about the procedure, benefits, risks, alternatives, and postoperative care. METHODS We conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial, with superiority study design. All trauma patie...

INTRODUCTION Only limited data are available on consent and satisfaction of patients receiving specialized neurocritical care. In this study we (i) analyzed the extent of retrospective consent to neurocritical care--given by patients or their relatives--depending on functional outcome one year after hospital stay, and (ii) identified predisposing factors for retrospective agreement to neurocrit...

CONTEXT Current evidence suggests many clinical trial participants have incomplete understanding of research objectives and methods. OBJECTIVE Determine consent standards compliance, satisfaction with facility and study staff, and research subject understanding of clinical trials. DESIGN Retrospective review of responses gathered when subjects were interviewed at the inception of clinical t...

BACKGROUND Informed consent is a mainstay of clinical practice, with both moral and legal forces. Material disclosure about extreme treatments, however, is unlikely to convey the full impact of the experience of treatment. Informed consent may be flawed under such circumstances. The aims of this study were to compare expressed satisfaction with pretreatment information to satisfaction after exp...

BACKGROUND Informed consent is an essential element of clinical research. Obtaining consent, however, may be challenging. The use of the telephone for giving information and obtaining consent may be practical but little formal research has been done. METHODS We examined the use of the telephone for the purpose of informing expectant mothers about The Danish Calmette Study; a randomized clinic...