Journal
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
Volume 141, Issue 2-3, Pages 247-250Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.08.001
Keywords
Decisional capacity; Web-aided consent; Schizophrenia; Multimedia consent
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- NIH [T32MH019934, MH080002, MH64722, AG028827]
- Stein Institute for Research on Aging
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Printed research consent forms serve to legally document what has been disclosed, but are usually suboptimal as a means of actually communicating that information to potential participants. We conducted a preliminary study of web-based multimedia consent. Participants included 19 patients with schizophrenia and 16 normal comparison (NC) subjects randomly assigned to a routine or web-media consent. Although comprehension among NCs was excellent regardless of consent condition, the web-based consent was associated with better comprehension and satisfaction among patients with schizophrenia. Findings suggest that web-aided multimedia consent is feasible and potentially more effective than printed consent forms in schizophrenia research. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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