title: The incidence of reporting consent rates in nursing research articles.
abstract: The study described the incidence of reporting consent rates (CRs) in nursing research articles, ascertained the mean CR for nursing research articles, ascertained differences between those studies that reported a CR and those that did not report a CR, and compared studies that used clinical populations to studies that used nonclinical populations. Research articles (371) from three nursing research journals were examined. Results showed that: (a) 40.7 percent of articles reported a CR, (b) the mean CR was 71.8 percent, (c) 41.1 percent reported inadequate CRs, (d) studies reporting a CR differed from those that did not on five of nine variables, and (e) studies employing clinical populations reported higher consent rates than did studies that employed nonclinical populations.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Briones
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chronister
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012107:Research Design; D035842:Research Subjects