The Attitudes of Relatives of ICU Patients toward Informed Consent for Clinical Research
Table 4
Attitude of the relatives toward participating in clinical research.
Questions
N (%)
Suppose you are unconscious patient in ICU: would you agree to participate in clinical study?
Agree
142 (77.2%)
Neutral
1 (00.5%)
Disagree
41 (22.3%)
Who would you accept to provide informed consent on your behalf?
One of first-degree relatives
105 (57.1%)
Physician or ICU consultant
28 (15.2%)
No informed consent necessary
13 (07.1%)
If the researcher wants to make dual consent, where another person will share the consent decision on your behalf with your relatives, who you prefer to share the decision with your relatives?
Sharing with another member form my relatives (relatives-relatives consent)
70 (38.0%)
Sharing with physician (physician-relatives consent)
