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) |