ArticleThe journal of trauma and acute care surgery2016
Using social media for community consultation and public disclosure in exception from informed consent trials.
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- Application of digital engagement tools for exception from informed consent community consultation and public disclosure in the pediatric prehospital airway resuscitation trial.Resuscitation plus · 2025Article
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- Current insights on social media as a tool for the dissemination of research and education in surgery: a narrative review.Surgery today · 2024Review
- Meeting unique requirements: Community consultation and public disclosure for research in emergency setting using exception from informed consent.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2021Review
- Exception from informed consent trials: social-media-based community consultation campaigns are representative of target communities.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2021Article
- Impact of Social Media on Community Consultation in Exception From Informed Consent Clinical Trials.The Journal of surgical research · 2019Article
- Getting Started: A Social Media Primer.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2017Review
- Exception from informed consent in the era of social media: The SEGA stroke trial experience.Brain circulationArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe US Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services outline regulations allowing an exception from informed consent (EFIC) for research conducted in an emergency setting. Acute care clinical trials using EFIC must include community consultation and public disclosure (CC/PD) activities. We describe our experience using social media to facilitate the CC/PD process in two trauma resuscitation clinical trials.
methodsWe conducted local CC/PD activities for two multicenter trauma clinical trials, Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios (PROPPR) and Prehospital Tranexamic Acid Use for Traumatic Brain Injury (ROC-TXA). As part of the CC/PD process, we developed research study advertisements using the social media Web site Facebook. The Facebook advertisements directed users to a regional study Web site that contained trial information. We targeted the advertisements to specific demographic users, in specific geographic areas. We analyzed the data using descriptive statistics.
resultsDuring the study periods, the PROPPR Facebook advertisement was displayed 5,001,520 times (12 displays per target population) with 374 individuals selecting the advertisement. The ROC-TXA Facebook advertisement was displayed 3,806,448 times (8 per target population) with 790 individuals selecting the advertisement. Respondents to both Facebook advertisements were mostly male (52.6%), with the highest proportion between the ages 15 years and 24 years (28.2%). Collectively, 26.9% of individuals that clicked on the Facebook advertisement spent more than 3 minutes on the study Web site (3-49 minutes). Commonly accessed Web pages were "contact us" (PROPPR, 5.5%; ROC-TXA, 7.7%), "study-specific FAQs" (PROPPR, 2.4%; ROC-TXA, 6.7%), and "opt out of research" (PROPPR, 2.5%; ROC-TXA, 3.8%). Of 51 total individuals viewing the opt out of research information (PROPPR, 19; ROC-TXA, 32), time spent on that specific page was modest (PROPPR, 62 seconds; ROC-TXA, 55 seconds), with no individuals requesting to opt out of either study participation.
conclusionsIn clinical trauma trials using EFIC, social media may provide a viable option for facilitating the CC/PD process.
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