Children’s Understanding of Informed Assents in Research Studies
| Autor: | Rui Martins, Ana Sofia Carvalho, Carlos Cotrim, Hortense Cotrim, Cristina Granja |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Leadership and Management
media_common.quotation_subject Health Informatics Sample (statistics) Minor (academic) Article Decision-making ability Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health Information Management children Informed consent 030225 pediatrics Informed assent Comprehension capacity Health care Quality (business) informed assent 030212 general & internal medicine Decision-making Children media_common business.industry Health Policy humanities Research studies Medicine decision-making ability Psychology business comprehension capacity |
| Zdroj: | Healthcare Volume 9 Issue 7 Healthcare, Vol 9, Iss 871, p 871 (2021) Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 2227-9032 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/healthcare9070871 |
| Popis: | The assent procedure reflects an effort to enable the minor to understand, to the degree they are capable of, what their participation in the decision making process would involve. Aims: To evaluate the minors’ ability to understand the information provided to them when obtaining assent and to evaluate the opinion of the parents regarding the importance of asking the child’s assent. Methods: The sample included a total of 52 minors aged between 10 and 17 years who underwent exercise echocardiogram. The Quality of Informed Consent is divided into two parts: Part A was used to measure objective understanding and part B to measure subjective understanding. Results: The results show that the minors have a high capacity to understand the information given to them when asking for assent. A positive relationship was found between the two parts of the questionnaire. No statistically significant relationship was found between age and sex and part A and part B or between both age groups (< 14 years old and ≥14 years old) and the measure. In the case of the parents, 96.6% of parents consider assent as an advantage for the child’s acceptance of health care. The opinion of the parents is not related to the age, sex or level of schooling. Conclusion: Minors showed a substantial level of understanding regarding the information provided to them. The parents considered the implementation of assent fundamental to the child’s acceptance of health care. |
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