title: Informed consent: knowledge, attitude and practice of the researchers in a postgraduate institute of Bangladesh.
abstract: A prospective experimental study was conducted in a postgraduate institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from April '05 to September '05. A total of 214 doctors of a postgraduate medical institute were included in the study who was involved in research works. A written questionnaire was given to the respondents to assess their knowledge, attitude and practice about informed consent (IC). The data was analyzed statistically. Chi-Square test was done to see the level of significance. Regarding knowledge of IC, we found maximum participants were more or less knowledgeable about it. The attitude of the respondents was also in favour of taking IC. In practice, most of them had taken informed consent that was verbal (39.3%) and written (47.6%). But some of the researcher (13.1%) had not taken any informed consent. By the present study, it may be concluded that the researchers of the concerned institute were aware of IC.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shakoor
authors.forename: Q H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Jaigirdar
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ullah
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Yunus
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Rashid
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D012108:Research Personnel