OBJECTIVE Data show that many research subjects have difficulty understanding study information using traditional paper consent documents. This study, therefore, was designed to evaluate the effect of an interactive multimedia program on improving parents' and children's understanding of clinical trial concepts and participation. METHODS Parents (n=148) and children (n=135) were each randomis...

OBJECTIVE To survey attendees at community meetings for an emergency research protocol and determine whether these meetings aid participants' understanding and decision to support the proposed emergency research. DESIGN Postmeeting questionnaire. SETTING Three community meetings for the PolyHeme study in San Antonio area. SUBJECTS One hundred fifty community meeting attendees. INTERVENT...

PurposeTo assess patient satisfaction with the use of portable video media (PVM) for purpose taking informed consent common urological outpatient procedures performed under local anaesthesia.MethodsPatients undergoing following were approached recruitment: flexible cystoscopy or without biopsy, transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy insertion removal a ureteric stent. Audio-visual develo...

OBJECTIVES To assess doctors' perceptions of their patients' satisfaction and expectations in primary care. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study using questionnaires completed by general practitioners (GPs) and their patients. SETTING Primary care practices in Geneva, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS 23 GPs from a random list of 75 GPs practising in the canton of Geneva (participation rate 31%), w...

This study investigated parents' information needs and involvement in decision-making processes affecting the care of children diagnosed with cancer. Interviews and questionnaires were used to assess parental satisfaction in 50 mothers and 16 fathers responsible for 58 children in an English Paediatric Oncology Unit. Parents reported that doctors contributed almost twice as much to the decision...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a multimedia informed consent (IC) presentation on the understanding and satisfaction of patients who were scheduled to receive 120-W green-light high-performance system photoselective vaporization of the prostate (HPS-PVP). MATERIALS AND METHODS A multimedia IC (M-IC) presentation for HPS-PVP was developed. Forty men with benign p...