When health care providers' workloads limit the possibility of being informed face-to-face, patients and parents prefer to receive information in writing or through the Internet [ 39, 40].
The staff at each nursing home was responsible for informing participants face to face and for collecting the signed informed consent.
Peter Post, a great-grandson of Emily Post and the author of "Essential Manners for Couples," (Collins, 2005) said, "It's certainly nicer to inform by talking face to face" or by using the telephone.
A target population aged 50 65 years was informed about and invited face to face to undergo CRC screening by community health workers (HWs).
Two unlabelled alternative healthcare delivery policies, option A and option B, were described using six different attributes, time to make initial contact, time waiting for advice or treatment, whether you are informed of the waiting time, face to face or telephone contact, whether you are seen by a doctor or nurse and likelihood contact relieves anxiety.
A respiratory nurse briefly informs patients about the trial face to face or by telephone and asks them for permission for the PI to contact them by telephone within 14 days to provide detailed information about the trial and inquire whether they are interested in participating.
Investigators described the protocol to potential volunteers face to face, and informed consent was obtained by the use of a written IRB-approved consent form, signed and dated by the volunteer and the investigator who conducted the informed consent discussion.
Written informed consent was obtained for all face to face interviews, and verbal consent was obtained for telephone interviews.
Uniform trained investigators used the special questionnaire containing information of age, sex, tobacco smoking, alcohol intake, family history of cancer, and environmental factors to interview patients face to face after written informed consent.
Written informed consent was obtained from each individual participant before the commencement of face to face interview.
