Implementing Transparency of Informed Consent for Older People in University Research
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Informed Consent, Older People, university research, transparencyAbstract
An important part of university research involves the participation of older people. This cooperation takes the form of Informed Consent. The current format of this document, which is addressed to older people, is not adequately adapted to the specific needs of this vulnerable group. Elements such as the length of the text, the font size, the way in which the content is expressed, the way in which it is presented and the usual procedure for giving consent (by handwritten signature) allow us to infer the existence of present difficulties to the detriment of the transparency that a document of this type should contemplate.
This generates a certain structural violence, given that the legal regulations governing Informed Consent may not be duly adapted to the specificities of older people, although the opposite is frequently stated: ethical committees, studies, research and common practices usually validate the model in use. In reality, there may be practices in which the participation of an older person is carried out by reducing his or her right to personal autonomy and decision-making capacity.
We therefore propose a review of the current document in university research, focusing on its different dimensions: the Form (the way in which it expresses the information), the Format (the chosen support) and the Signature (the procedure that allows an older person to be linked to their consent to participate), which we have agreed to call the "3Fs of Informed Consent: Form, Format and Signature"[1].
We present here a proposal for a model Informed Consent document that contains the relevant improvements, integrating different elements considered to be of interest in order to better meet the ethical and usability needs of the elderly. In short, to improve the process of transparency in university research by acting on such a key document as the Informed Consent.
[1] “Signature” in spanish language it is writed “Firma”, and because that we called it the “3Fs of Informed Consent".
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