Informed consent comprehension among vulnerable populations in Ecuador: video-delivered vs. in-person standard method. (4th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Quevedo, Ana; Condo, Cecilia; Valenzuela, Gilda; Molina, Lucy; Castillo, Eduardo; Palacio, Ana; Pareja, Denisse; Prado, Guillermo; Estrada, Yannine; Velazquez, Maria Rosa; Tamariz, Leonardo
• Is Part Of: Accountability in research. Volume 25:Number 5(2018)
• Page Start: 259
• Page End: 272
• Publication Date: 2018-07-04
• Subjects: General medicine/internal medicine -- informed consent -- low health literacy -- low literacy -- low literacy -- research ethics -- telehealth; Research -- Evaluation -- Periodicals; Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Research -- Management -- Periodicals; 001.4
• DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2018.1470931
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0898-9621

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The informed consent comprehension process is key to engaging potential research subject participation. The aim of this study is to compare informed consent comprehension between two methods: standard and video-delivered. We compared the in-person and video-delivered informed consent process in the Familias Unidas intervention. We evaluated comprehension using a 7-item true/false questionnaire. There were a total of 152 participants in the control group and 87 in the experimental. General characteristics were similar between both groups ( p > 0.05). First-attempt informed consent comprehension was higher in the intervention group but was not statistically significant (80% and 78% respectively p = 0.44). A video-delivered informed consent process did not differ from the standard method of informed consent in a low educational and socioeconomic environment.