BMC medical ethics · 2016
Postal recruitment and consent obtainment from index cases of narcolepsy.
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Aliyu Gambo, Mahmud Salah M
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: Access to research volunteers may be hampered by low numbers of cases and few eligible participants for rare diseases in clinical settings.
METHODS: We recruited volunteers and obtained informed consent by mail from narcolepsy cases in a case-control study, and here in we report feasibility, response rate, timeliness and cost. We invited index cases into the study by mail through their care-giving physicians then mailed study information and consent forms to cases that indicated interest in the study.
RESULTS: Of the 33 index cases invited, 15 (45.0%) expressed interest in the study, and of those, 14 (93.3%) returned their signed informed consents by mail. The median number of days from invitation to consent return was 39, interquartile range = 45, and the cost per consent obtained from the recruited subjects was $ 23.61.
CONCLUSION: In this setting, postal recruitment for biomedical research on rare conditions is feasible and time and cost effective.
METHODS: We recruited volunteers and obtained informed consent by mail from narcolepsy cases in a case-control study, and here in we report feasibility, response rate, timeliness and cost. We invited index cases into the study by mail through their care-giving physicians then mailed study information and consent forms to cases that indicated interest in the study.
RESULTS: Of the 33 index cases invited, 15 (45.0%) expressed interest in the study, and of those, 14 (93.3%) returned their signed informed consents by mail. The median number of days from invitation to consent return was 39, interquartile range = 45, and the cost per consent obtained from the recruited subjects was $ 23.61.
CONCLUSION: In this setting, postal recruitment for biomedical research on rare conditions is feasible and time and cost effective.