"It was a Snap Decision" : Parental and Professional Perspectives on the Speed of Decisions About Participation in Perinatal Randomised Controlled Trials  

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Snowdon, Claire ; Elbourne, Diana ; Garcia, Jo

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 9 (May 2006), page 2279-2290.
Topik: DECISION MAKING; random controlled trials; decision making; perinatal trials; parents; united kingdom

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For some perinatal trials, parents can be asked to make important decisions about trial participation within limited timeframes in highly stressful circumstances. this qualitative study explores the pace of decision making for 78 parents associated with one or more of four such trials in the UK. The themes associated with rapid decisions were concern for their baby, reactions to staff a perceptions of the benefits and risks associated with the trial. Those who took longer to decide whether or not to participate often described similar emotions to those who made rapid decisions, but their slower deciisons were because more time was avalable, they wanted further discusion or they found the decission particulalrly difficult. The majority of theose who made rapid decisions felt that there were no risks associated with the trial. Those who took longer to decide whether or not to participate often described similar emotions to those who made rapid decisions, but their slower decisions were because more time was available, they wanted further discussion or they found the decision particlarly difficult. The majority of those who made rapid decisions felth that there were no risks associated with the trial in question, in contrast to the majority of those who made slower decisions who felt there were risks, The parents did not appear to view rapid decisions as problematic. Although there was evidence of parental vulnerability in each trial context, they largely depth that they acted swiftly and responsibly in the best interests of their child in accordance with the timeframes that were set for them.

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