We achieved a high consent rate of 93% and the sample contained a diverse range of diagnoses broadly representative of older people attending outpatient rehabilitation and transition care programmes.
The current study achieved a high consent rate compared with recent research examining cancer outpatient satisfaction with care, 13 and to the best of our knowledge, it is also the first large study to assess patient-centred care in RT outpatients.
Figure 1 summarises the patient recruitment process which achieved a 16.8% consent rate.
We only achieved a 47% consent rate, which was significantly lower than another ACP study which examined the impact of ACP amongst elderly Australians with nonmalignant conditions [ 29] and oncology studies in which oncologists recruited participants [ 21, 28], while compatible with other oncology studies with researcher or nurse recruitment [ 5, 6, 16, 54].
Collins cited Washington as an example the city views as a case study on successful police reform achieved without a consent decree.
The study hospital consistently has the highest number of #NOF admissions in NSW (HSRG 2006), but, despite the hospital recording the expected patient numbers throughout during the study timeframe, and the study achieving a high consent rate, the frailty of the target population delivered an unexpectedly small sample.
If informed consent was obtained from the legal representative, the patient was re-consented after they had achieved a clinical state where they could provide informed consent.
Current studies being conducted by the group involving clinic-based recruitment are achieving an 85% consent rate.
A screening study on ocular health in the same geographical locations achieved an 80 85 percentt positive consent rate [ 13], however we were concerned that monitoring oral health to assess the potential benefits of fluoridation might not achieve similar high recruitment success.
To achieve a correct informed consent procedure, they either have to offer an additional previous consultation or to share the task with another medical professional, such as the referring physician [6].
