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Informed consent comprehension among vulnerable populations in Ecuador: video-delivered vs. in-person standard method |
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| Authors: | Ana Quevedo Cecilia Condo Gilda Valenzuela Lucy Molina Eduardo Castillo Ana Palacio |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Services, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador;2. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA;3. Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida, USA |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | General medicine/internal medicine informed consent low health literacy low literacy low literacy research ethics telehealth |