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@ARTICLE{Schtz:202284,
author = {Schütz, Holger and Heinrichs, Bert and Fuchs, M. and
Bauer, Andreas},
title = {{I}nformierte {E}inwilligung in der {D}emenzforschung.
{E}ine qualitative {S}tudie zum {I}nformationsverständnis
von {P}robanden.},
journal = {Ethik in der Medizin},
volume = {28},
number = {2},
issn = {1437-1618},
address = {Berlin},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-04555},
pages = {91-106},
year = {2016},
abstract = {BackgroundInformed consent is a legal as well as ethical
prerequisite in clinical research. For dementia research,
informed consent can be a problem if subjects with dementia,
whose capacity for understanding and thus also decision
making might be limited, are to be examined. This might
result in exclusion of dementia patients from research, as
capacity for understanding and decision making are often
equated with the ability for rational decision making.
However, this valuation has been criticized at times for
attaching too much importance to the cognitive aspect of
decision making.MethodsThis qualitative study investigates
the actual consent procedure of a clinical research study in
Germany with regard to dementia patients’ subjective and
objective understanding of informed consent information.
Research participants were ten dementia patients, who
volunteered in two clinical research studies, as well as
their caregivers. Data were collected by use of
semi-structured interviews.ResultsIt was determined that the
patients’ comprehension of informed consent information
was rather limited. However, a number of patients were quite
aware of this. In contrast, all caregivers claimed to have
fully understood the provided information, while their
objective comprehension was also incomplete. Several
participants indicated that they did not attach much
importance to the information given in the consent procedure
and that their consent did not primarily depend on this
information. Rather, participation in the research study for
them seemed to be more of a problem-focused coping strategy
for dealing with their diagnosis of dementia.ConclusionFor
research ethics these results raise the question whether the
currently prevailing emphasis on the cognitive aspect of
autonomous decision making, i.e., comprehension, may be too
one-sided, and to what extent the “volitional” aspect in
giving consent should be given greater consideration.},
cin = {INM-8 / INM-2},
ddc = {100},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-8-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-2-20090406},
pnm = {572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000377439800002},
doi = {10.1007/s00481-015-0359-3},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/202284},
}