Follow-on study refining a decision aid for family members making decisions about research on behalf of someone lacking capacity to consent (PI @VickyLShepherd)

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Latest DECISION Study paper reports difficult balance for families making decisions about research on behalf of someone who lacks capacity to consent. DECISION 2 Study now exploring their views about a decision support tool that has been developed to help jme.bmj.com/content/early/20…
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The research from @DECISION_Study which explored the acceptability & use of a decision support tool for consultees/legal reps will continue to be developed as part of new CONSULT project to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. Follow @consult_consent for more updates
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A summary of @DECISION_Study results have been added to @CTRCardiffUni website cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri… & shared with all those who kindly took part. Next stage is to refine & test the decision support tool as part of CONSULT project funded by @ResearchWales More details to come!
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Interviews for @DECISION_Study now completed. Many thanks to those who kindly took part & to @beatdementia for supporting recruitment. Analysis is underway, & exciting news about next steps for this work on research involving adults with impaired capacity to consent to follow ...

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Join Dementia Research @beatdementia is a hugely important resource to link researchers & people wanting to help research. Its been invaluable for @DECISION_Study recruitment, & participants have enjoyed taking part from the comfort & safety of their homes. Please sign up!
In Nov 2019, 155 people living with #Dementia registered on Join Dementia Research, in November 2020 it was 50 people! More people without dementia are registering, but even that is around 1/2 as many as 2019. To sustain recruitment to studies, we urgently need people to sign-up
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It's 3 years since @DECISION_Study joined twitter so an opportunity to reflect on what we've learned from talking to families of people with conditions such as dementia about #research decisions made on their behalf 1/4 @CTRCardiffUni cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri…
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Families worried about whether it was the ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ decision. They wanted to do what was best for the person but balance this with their perceived wishes/preferences – although preferences about research are rarely discussed 3/4 jme.bmj.com/content/early/20…

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Families wanted greater support & we developed a decision support tool to help. In DECISION 2 (funded by @wellcometrust ISSF) we're interviewing family members to ask their views about it ahead of future testing. Discussing preferences may also help /end journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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@DECISION_Study explored one of the challenges to including people with impaired capacity to consent in research - how family members make decisions about participation - as part of @NIHRcommunity fellowship funded by @ResearchWales #TrialConductResearch cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri…
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We are looking for people to take part in our new @CTRCardiffUni study. Are you a carer for a family member living with dementia? Could you take part in an online interview to test a decision support booklet? If so, please see more info at bit.ly/302afug and get in touch
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*NEW STUDY* Are you a #carer for a family member with #dementia? Are you interested in taking part in our @CTRCardiffUni study testing a decision support tool to help make decisions about research on their behalf? See bit.ly/302afug for details 1/2
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‘He would probably want to help people if he could’: making decisions about research on behalf of people living with #dementia via @VickyLShepherd @DECISION_Study bgs.org.uk/blog/‘he-…
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The DECISION study by @VickyLShepherd Family members’ experiences of informed consent & proxy decision making for research involving adults lacking capacity. Results summary video and links to 2 published papers - cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri… @ResearchWales @CR_UK @CUBLSResearch

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The DECISION Study - completed as part of my NIHR Fellowship @ResearchWales - has now been updated on @CTRCardiffUni website to include the lay summary, first publication of results & animation of findings cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri… @DECISION_Study
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First paper from @DECISION_Study exploring families' experiences acting as consultee/legal representative for research now published in @Age_and_Ageing doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz11… & animation of findings on You Tube bit.ly/2OxzRcX
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DECISION2 retweeted
Essential work and an opportunity to help shape it here 👇🏻
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