Parental opinions regarding an opt-out consent process for inpatient pediatric prospective observational research in the US

Parental opinions regarding an opt-out consent process for inpatient pediatric prospective observational research in the US

OBJECTIVE To explore parental opinions regarding opt-out consent for inpatient pediatric prospective observational research in the US. STUDY DESIGN A series of handouts describing hypothetical observational research studies with opt-out consent were reviewed by parents of hospitalized children. A verbal survey explored parental opinions about the proposed consent process. RESULTS A total of...

Parental consent for pediatric research.

Opt-out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research: a short report

BACKGROUND A prospective cohort study was set up to investigate a possible association between antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance of E. coli urinary tract infection in the community. Participation of patients with urinary tract infection was obtained through an opt-out methodology. This short paper reports on the acceptability of the opt-out recruitment approach. METHODS Partici...

A randomised controlled trial to compare opt-in and opt-out parental consent for childhood vaccine safety surveillance using data linkage: study protocol

INTRODUCTION No consent for health and medical research is appropriate when the criteria for a waiver of consent are met, yet some ethics committees and data custodians still require informed consent. METHODS A single-blind parallel-group randomised controlled trial: 1129 families of children born at a South Australian hospital were sent information explaining data linkage of childhood immuni...

Enoxaparin Utilization Evaluation: An Observational Prospective Study in Medical Inpatients

Drug utilization evaluation (DUE) is an effective program to identify variability in drug use and to support interventions that will improve patient outcomes. The appropriate use of enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), which is widely used as curative or preventive treatment of thromboembolic disorders was assessed in the study. A prospective DUE was carried out at Masih Daneshvar...