Errors in data input and blank fields (including consent questions) are flagged by the programme and corrected by the user at the time of documentation.
In all, 346 screening tools were returned (16 were blank) with the required consent forms.
Many Gypsy women contend that they were coerced into signing consent forms or even blank sheets of paper while in the hospital to deliver babies.
Participants were excluded if they did not give consent to participate, or if the CAST was returned blank (none were returned blank).
If patients agreed to participate, they completed a consent form and were then given a blank survey.
After participants gave their written informed consent, the questionnaire was handed out with a blank envelope for anonymous return to the principal investigator.
After the simulated informed consent talks, the medical laypersons were asked to record on a blank sheet of paper, what they recalled from the simulated informed consent talks.
Participants were also asked to consent to the use of their data, allowed to leave any answer blank, leave the survey at any point and shown a page of debriefing information at the end of the survey.
Students were able to submit blank questionnaires if they did not wish to be involved and completed questionnaires implied consent to participate.
The blank interval between S1 and S2 was reduced to 300 ms. The participants provided written and informed consent before experiments, and all procedures were approved by the Research Ethics Board of Zhejiang University.
Selected consent forms were read by these individuals after the sponsor's name and study drug(s) were blanked out.
