How Informed Is Online Informed Consent?
- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Ethics & Behavior
- Vol. 15 (1), 37-48
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327019eb1501_3
Abstract
We examined participants' reading and recall of informed consent documents presented via paper or computer. Within each presentation medium, we presented the document as a continuous or paginated document to simulate common computer and paper presentation formats. Participants took slightly longer to read paginated and computer informed consent documents and recalled slightly more information from the paginated documents. We concluded that obtaining informed consent online is not substantially different than obtaining it via paper presentation. We also provide suggestions for improving informed consent-in both face-to-face and online experiments.Keywords
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