Demonstrating Respect and Acceptable Consent Strategies: What Matters to Patients in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)? [Methods Study], United States, 2017

Before people can join a research study, they need to provide informed consent. Informed consent is a process that helps people know

What a study is about
What will happen in the study
The benefits and risks people may experience
That they have a choice whether to join the study

Getting informed consent can take a long time, and people may not understand all the details. Researchers want to know what patients think about having short or longer discussions with doctors for studies with low risk. Low risk means the study's risks are no greater than those in daily life or from usual health care.
In this study, the research team compared people's views about a shorter consent discussion for a study on blood pressure with the usual, longer discussion.