ICU guardian consent study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Stakeholder perceptions of participating in research conducted using the guardian consent model: a qualitative study with staff, research participants and their relatives in an Intensive Care Unit in the UK
IRAS ID
223607
Contact name
Behnaz Schofield
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cardiff University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
It is difficult to ask patients in an intensive care unit to give their consent to take part in research as they are usually in a critical condition and often not conscious. There are different ways if dealing with issue of consent when patients are not able to do so themselves. One way is to have a responsible and informed person give consent for patients; referred to as the guardian consent model\nThis study is based in the ICU at one UK hospital where the guardian consent model has been used to undertake a trial of infection prevention methods for patients on a ventilator. We would like to interview the patients who have been patients on this ICU at the time of the infection prevention trial and their family members and the doctors and nurses who work on the unit. During these interviews we would like to ask how each of them feel about research studies using the guardian consent model. The findings of this study will inform the people making decisions about protecting those taking part in research studies understand what people involved in different ways of agreeing to part in research studies feel about the guardian consent model. \n
REC name
Wales REC 3
REC reference
17/WA/0136
Date of REC Opinion
8 Aug 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion