An adapted instrument to assess informed consent comprehension among youth and parents in rural western Kenya: a validation study.

BMJ Open
Muhammed O AfolabiWinnie K Luseno

Abstract

To adapt and validate a questionnaire originally developed in a research setting for assessment of comprehension of consent information in a different cultural and linguistic research setting. The adaptation process involved development and customisation of a questionnaire for each of the three study groups, modelled closely on the previously validated questionnaire. The three adapted draft questionnaires were further reviewed by two bioethicists and the developer of the original questionnaire for face and content validity. The revised questionnaire was subsequently programmed into an audio computerised format, with translations and back translations in three widely spoken languages by the study participants: Luo, Swahili and English. The questionnaire was validated among adolescents, their parents and young adults living in Siaya County, a rural region of western Kenya. Twenty-five-item adapted questionnaires consisting of close-ended, multiple-choice and open-ended questions were administered to 235 participants consisting of 107 adolescents, 92 parents and 36 young adults. Test-retest was conducted 2-4 weeks after first questionnaire administration among 74 adolescents, young adults and parents. Primary outcome measures incl...Continue Reading

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