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The effect of the number of pages on reading depth: preliminary contributions for a better informed consent in neurorehabilitation

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Jorge Oliveira,

Dalila Ferreira,

Patrícia PascoalAuthors Info & Claims

REHAB '16: Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

Pages 101 - 104

https://doi.org/10.1145/3051488.3051508

Published: 13 October 2016 Publication History

Abstract

A good understanding of informed consent (IC) is a critical step to ensure that the participant's decision to participate in research is an informed and autonomous one. However, the IC is often a very complicated document, and sometimes difficult to be understood by lay people. The number of pages of the informed consent may be a factor that hinders in-depth reading and subsequently the understanding of IC. As the reading process requires visual attention, eye movements can reveal how deep the contents in the IC are read. The goal of this innovative study was to understand how the IC's number of pages IC influences reading. Sixty participants were randomly assigned in three experimental conditions (1 page Vs 2 pages Vs 3 pages) and eye movements were continuously recorded. Preliminary results have shown a distinct reading behavior between the different types of IC.

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Leimstädtner DSörries PMüller-Birn C(2023)Investigating Responsible Nudge Design for Informed Decision-Making Enabling Transparent and Reflective Decision-MakingProceedings of Mensch und Computer 202310.1145/3603555.3603567(220-236)Online publication date: 3-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3603555.3603567
Rosa PLopes POliveira JPascoal PZeng BChen XZhou DWen X(2019)Does Length Really Matter? Effects of Number of Pages in the Informed Consent on Reading Behavior: An Eye-Tracking StudyQuantum Information Meets Quantum Matter10.1007/978-3-030-16785-1_9(116-125)Online publication date: 29-Mar-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16785-1_9

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The effect of the number of pages on reading depth: preliminary contributions for a better informed consent in neurorehabilitation
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REHAB '16: Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

October 2016

135 pages

ISBN:9781450347655

DOI:10.1145/3051488

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Habib M. Fardoun
King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia
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Víctor Ruiz Penichet
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Daniyal M. Alghazzawi
King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia
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Pedro Gamito
Lusophone University Lisbon, Portugal

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Leimstädtner DSörries PMüller-Birn C(2023)Investigating Responsible Nudge Design for Informed Decision-Making Enabling Transparent and Reflective Decision-MakingProceedings of Mensch und Computer 202310.1145/3603555.3603567(220-236)Online publication date: 3-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3603555.3603567
Rosa PLopes POliveira JPascoal PZeng BChen XZhou DWen X(2019)Does Length Really Matter? Effects of Number of Pages in the Informed Consent on Reading Behavior: An Eye-Tracking StudyQuantum Information Meets Quantum Matter10.1007/978-3-030-16785-1_9(116-125)Online publication date: 29-Mar-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16785-1_9

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