RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 What proportion of patients refuse consent to data collection from their records for research purposes?
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 655
OP 656
VO 50
IS 457
A1 Baker, R
A1 Shiels, C
A1 Stevenson, K
A1 Fraser, R
A1 Stone, M
YR 2000
UL http://bjgp.org/content/50/457/655.abstract
AB In a randomised trial of the implementation of guidelines for asthma and angina, we sent questionnaires that included a request for consent to collect data from the patient's clinical records to 5069 patients in 81 general practices. Of these 3429 (67.6%) responded, of whom 335 (9.8% [95%, CI = 8.8%-10.8%]) refused consent. We conclude that consent should always be sought unless a research ethics committee has waived this requirement for pressing reasons.