Researchers are using mock consent forms to see if wordiness has any effect on patients' understanding and willingness to sign up for a cancer clinical trial.
This study will determine whether there is a relationship between wordiness of a consent form and whether or not the consent form helped the patient decide to enroll in a clinical trial. This study will also determine whether wordiness of a consent form is associated with patients' willingness to sign the consent form.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
266
Mock consent form with consistent content in approximately 6,000 word length.
Mock consent form with consistent content in approximately 4,000 word length.
Mock consent form with consistent content in approximately 2,000 word length.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Decision to enroll
Number of participants to indicate on the self-reported patient questionnaire that the information provided in the consent form helped make a decision about whether or not to enroll in the trial. This is defined as a response of 1 or 2 on the Likert scale of 1=strongly agree and 5= strongly disagree for information in the consent form was helpful to the decision to join the study.
Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 1 hour
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