Comprehension and Informed Consent: Assessing the Effect of a Short Consent Form

August 10, 2010

The objective of this study—a substudy to a phase I bioequivalence study—was to compare the effect of standard and concise consent forms on research volunteers’ comprehension of and satisfaction with consent forms, as well as to assess the effect of select volunteer characteristics, such as financial motivations to participate in research, on their comprehension. (The Hastings Center)