Responses to statements about informed consent in clinical trials
| Response: number (per cent) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| It is important the patients give informed, written consent before being enrolled into any clinical trial | 24 (25%) | 48 (50%) | 14 (15%) | 10 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
| It is acceptable in some circumstances (eg, unconscious patients, resuscitation techniques) for patients to be randomised before consent | 10 (10%) | 49 (51%) | 17 (18%) | 14 (15%) | 6 (6%) |
| Obtaining consent from a relative is an ethically acceptable method of gaining consent | 2 (2%) | 35 (37%) | 23 (24%) | 31 (32%) | 5 (5%) |
| If paramedics or ambulance stations (rather than patients) are randomised, consent is not needed as there is no treatment choice at that time | 7 (7%) | 21 (22%) | 22 (23%) | 40 (42%) | 6 (6%) |
| If an ethics committee had approved the trial protocol for recruiting patients, I would be happy to follow it | 15 (16%) | 61 (64%) | 14 (15%) | 4 (4%) | 1 (1%) |