A randomized controlled trial of short and standard-length consent forms for a genetic cohort study: Is longer better?

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 308-316

  Matsui, Kenji ^a,b   Lie, Reidar K ^c   Turin, Tanvir C ^b,d   Kita, Yoshikuni ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Ethics; Genetics; Informed consent; Randomization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONSENT FORMS; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84867149839     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110104     Document Type: Article

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