Assessing the quality of consent discussions in intensive care unit research: A scoping review of outcome measures
Authors' conclusion
We identified a limited, heterogeneous body of literature assessing the quality of informed consent for ICU-based research.
Study context
- Population
- Intensive care unit (ICU)-based clinical research involving adult patients, substitute decision makers (SDMs) and/or research personnel reporting any outcome measure of informed consent qualitystudies included
- Participants
- 9 participants
- Outcome
- Outcome measures used to assess the quality of informed consent for adult ICU-based research
Methodological detailsduplicate screening and data charting, 18,164 unique citations and 102 full-texts screened
- Duplicate screening and data charting
- 18,164 unique citations and 102 full-texts screened
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Outcome measures of consent quality
- Subjective questionnaire-based assessment of the consent process
- n = 8, 89%
- Quality measured by time to consent decision
- one (11%)
- Constructs assessed by outcomes: consent discussion experience; experience making consent decisions; knowledge of parent study; consent document experience; perceived research risk; experience of research; research processes
- seven
Original publication
Assessing the quality of consent discussions in intensive care unit research: A scoping review of outcome measures. J Crit Care. Published 8 April 2026. doi:10.
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