Publicaties
The view of the European Court of Human Rights on competent patients' right of informed consent : research in the light of articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Health research: the challenges related to ethical review and informed consent in developing countries Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Informed consent, community engagement, and study participation at a research site in Kigali, Rwanda Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde KU Leuven
People enroll in medical research for many reasons ranging from decisions regarding their own or family members' health situation to broader considerations including access to health and financial resources. In socially vulnerable communities the choice to participate is often based on a risk-benefit assessment that goes beyond the medical aspects of the research, and considers the benefits received. In this qualitative study, we examined the ...
Improving surgical informed consent in obstetric and gynaecologic surgeries in a teaching hospital in Ethiopia: a before and after study Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Objectives: Even though surgical informed consent (SIC) has marked benefits, in many settings the information is not provided appropriately. In Ethiopia, minimal attention is given to SIC. This study assesses whether an intervention designed to improve SIC in obstetric and gynaecologic surgeries is associated with receipt of SIC components.
Design: Pre-intervention and post-intervention surveys were conducted at Hawassa University ...
Digitised audio questionnaire for assessment of informed consent comprehension in a low-literacy African research population Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde KU Leuven
OBJECTIVE: To develop and psychometrically evaluate an audio digitised tool for assessment of comprehension of informed consent among low-literacy Gambian research participants.
SETTING: We conducted this study in the Gambia where a high illiteracy rate and absence of standardised writing formats of local languages pose major challenges for research participants to comprehend consent information. We developed a 34-item questionnaire ...