Authors:
Dr. Permyos Ruengsakulrach | Institute Board Review, Bangkok Hospital Headquarters, Bangkok Hospital Group, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand
Prof. Stacey Page | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Canada
Chattanong Yodwut | Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok Hospital Group, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand
Ramaimon Tunthong | Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok Hospital Group, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand
Dumnern Srinualta | Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok Hospital Group, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand
Panida Kaewsa | Bangkok Heart Hospital, Bangkok Hospital Group, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand
Warut Chaiwong | Bangkok Health Research Center, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand
Prof. Somboon Kunathikom | Institute Board Review, Bangkok Hospital Headquarters, Bangkok Hospital Group, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand
Introduction: Broad consent is a type of consent where a participant expresses his /her general consent that his/ her own information can be used in future research. The study objectives are to learn the community perspective and compare opinions on broad consent between Thai and Canadian.
Methods: The comparative Canadian data and questionnaire used in this study derived from the second author from BMC Med Ethics, 17(1), 48. 214. 211 Canadian patients from a renal clinic in a large urban hospital returned completed surveys. 214 Thai participants from 2 communities in Bangkok were asked to complete the translated, modified questionnaire from Canada. Comparisons of agreement were compared with Chi-square test.
Outcome: Thai participants were significant younger than Canadian (47.2 ± 13.7 vs 58.9 ± 17.3 yrs, P < 0.001) however did not differ by sex. Both Thai and Canadian agreed to consent to have their identifiable health information or biospecimens held in a research repository, data library or biobank and used as needed by researchers, 78.5/70.5 vs 74.8/.72.2 (P = 0.02 and 0.2), respectively. However Thai respondents expressed a need to know the identity of the person to whom their identifiable health information/biospecimen are being given before they would give consent in 79.9/76.6% compared with the Canadian 22.7/19.1% (P < 0.001, both).
Conclusion: Most Thai and Canadian participants agreed with the use of their information and specimens for research with broad consent. Thai participants wanted to know when their identifiable health information will be used for research more often than Canadian participants.