101. Integration of social media with targeted emails and in‐person outreach for exception from informed consent community consultation
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Cindy H. Hsu, James A. Cranford, Robert W. Neumar, Jennifer Fowler, and Michael P. Thomas
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Informed Consent ,Electronic Mail ,business.industry ,education ,Disclosure ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Patient advocacy ,Clinical trial ,Outreach ,Informed consent ,Family medicine ,Emergency Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Social media ,Public disclosure ,business ,Referral and Consultation ,Social Media ,health care economics and organizations - Abstract
BACKGROUND Exception from informed consent (EFIC) enables the enrollment of research subjects with emergent conditions to clinical trials without prior consent. EFIC study approval requires community consultation and public disclosure. We hypothesized that the integration of social media with targeted emails and in-person outreach is an effective community consultation strategy. METHODS We utilized social media with targeted emails and in-person outreach for the community consultation of the ACCESS cardiac arrest trial. Study advertisements were disseminated using Facebook and Instagram, and targeted emails were sent to emergency medicine, prehospital, and cardiology providers. We also interviewed at-risk individuals with cardiac conditions, their caretakers, and patient advocacy groups. Participants were asked to complete a survey about their opinions about the study. RESULTS We collected 559 surveys over an 8-week period, and 70.5% of the surveys were obtained using social media. The median (IQR) age of survey respondents was 44 (33-57) years; 89.9% were White and 60.1% were women. A total of 91.3% believed ACCESS was an important study. Compared to the in-person group, more from social media (81.8% vs. 63.3%, p
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- 2021