The questionnaire and numeric results
| In order to include a patient who is suffering from AMI in a trial, they must first be given adequate information about the study and then give their consent to participate, both verbally and in writing. Some patients with AMI are strongly affected by the condition and so may have difficulty understanding the information they receive or even completely misunderstand. | |
| 1. What is your estimation of how much of the written information the patient reads before they sign the consent form? | |
| None/almost none | 30% (159) |
| Some | 36% (189) |
| All/almost all | 30% (158) |
| Uncertain | 4% (24) |
| 2. How much of the information received by the patient, in this acute phase of the myocardial infarction, do you think they understand? | |
| None/almost none | 24% (130) |
| Some | 62% (329) |
| All/almost all | 14% (74) |
| 3. Do you feel that the patient reaches such a level of understanding, that it is possible to claim that they really know what they are accepting or refusing? | |
| Always/most often | 34% (183) |
| Sometimes | 38% (205) |
| Never/almost never | 25% (133) |
| Uncertain | 3% (17) |
| 4. How do patients react when they are asked, during the acute phase of a myocardial infarction, if they are willing to participate in a trial? | |
| Very/somewhat negatively | 27% (143) |
| Neither negatively nor positively | 25% (132) |
| Very/somewhat positively | 39% (210) |
| Uncertain | 9% (48) |
| 5. In what way do you think the patients’ trust in the physicians is affected by being asked, during the acute phase of a myocardial infarction, if they are willing to participate in a trial? | |
| Very/somewhat negatively | 15% (82) |
| Neither negatively nor positively | 45% (239) |
| Very/somewhat positively | 34% (183) |
| Uncertain | 6% (32) |
| 6. What is your opinion about the amount of information you are supposed to give to the patient at this point in time? | |
| Far too incomplete/somewhat incomplete | 5% (29) |
| Adequate | 23% (120) |
| Far too comprehensive/somewhat comprehensive | 68% (359) |
| Uncertain | 4% (21) |
| 7. Which of the following alternatives do you consider to be appropriate for the inclusion of patients with acute myocardial infarctions in a trial? | |
| Verbal + written consent | 54% (292) |
| Verbal | 41% (220) |
| Uncertain | 3% (18) |
| 8. Taking the facts below into consideration, do you feel that it should be possible to include these patients in trials? | |
| Yes | 37% (197) |
| No | 44% (235) |
| Uncertain | 19% (104) |
| 9. Would you accept being included in an interventional trial in the acute phase of a myocardial infarction without being asked? | |
| Yes | 20% (108) |
| No | 71% (378) |
| Uncertain | 9% (46) |