2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Adequacy evaluation of informed consent procedures towards building an appropriate framework of participant recruitment in a birth cohort study

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23590587
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Medical sociology
Research Institution	Chiba University
Principal Investigator	YAMAMOTO Midori 千葉大学, 予防医学センター, 特任助教 (90597121)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	HATA Akira 千葉大学, 大学院医学研究院, 教授 (00244541)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	バイオエシックス / 疫学調査 / インフォームド・コンセント
Research Abstract	Towards building an appropriate framework of obtaining valid consent from prospective participants, adequacy of informed consent procedures in a large-scale birth cohort study was evaluated. Several surveys for explainers and study participants were performed to know the circumstances of informed consent procedures and perception of participants. Survey results showed insufficiency of understanding of participants about the study. In view of the difficulty of securing time for sufficient explanation, offering understandable brochures for recruitment and providing supplementary information even after enrollment will be needed to obtain participants' cooperation with their satisfactory understanding.