Journal Article

Voluntariness to Consent to Research in a Voluntarily and Involuntarily Hospitalized Psychiatric Population

Van Der Veer, Nancy L., Ramos, Gilbert, Ahad, Sami, Drachman, David, Silvers, George

2011

Overview

The purpose of our study was to examine rates of consent to participate in research in voluntarily and involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients in order to evaluate factors that may influence the decision to participate in research. We used logistic regression models to evaluate differences and found that involuntary patients were less likely to consent to participate. After adjustment for covariates, we found that consent rates did not differ between the involuntary and voluntary population, but that lower Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores and psychosis negatively affected the decision to consent to research. We discuss the implications of our findings.

• Publisher: University of California Press,SAGE Publications,Sage Publications Ltd
• Subject: Adult / Coercion / Commitment of Mentally Ill / Consent / Female / Hospital admissions / Hospitalization / Hospitalized / Human subjects / Humans / Informed Consent / Institutional review boards / Legal consent / Legal status / Male / Medical ethics / Mental disorders / Mental health care / Mental institutions / Patients / Post traumatic stress disorder / Psychiatric hospitals / Psychosis / Psychotic Disorders - psychology / Research design / Research on Psychiatric Patients / Research Subjects - psychology / Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology / Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy / Voluntariness