Informed consent in schizophrenia: the use of cues in the assessment of understanding.
The purpose of this study was to determine if providing cues could facilitate participant understanding for consent form information. Understanding scores were measured in a group of participants diagnosed with schizophrenia and a control group using cued recognition and uncued recall methods. When understanding was measured with uncued methods, persons with schizophrenia showed lower scores compared to the control group. However, when cues were provided, there was no difference between the two groups on understanding scores, and persons with schizophrenia showed normal levels of understanding. The results suggest that cued methods may be a better alternative to measure participant understanding.
Combs
Dennis R
DR
Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa, Lorton Hall, Room 308, 600 South College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104, United States. dennis-combs@utulsa.edu
Adams
Scott D
SD
Wood
Terry D
TD
Basso
Michael R
MR
Gouvier
Wm Drew
WD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D012306:Risk; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology