Table 4.
Strategies proposed to handle incidental findings (IF) in approved consent forms
| Strategies identified (A to M) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attributes of strategies | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
| Subject has the choice to be informed of IF | N | Y | N | ? | ? | ? | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Scans will be reviewed by a medical specialist | N | ? | N | N | N | Y | ? | ? | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Subject will be directly informed of findings | Y | Y | Y | Y | ? | ? | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Subject's physician will be informed of findings | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ? | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Subject has the choice for the physician to be informed | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ? | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Physician must be informed (subject has no choice) | N | N | N | N | N | N | ? | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| No mention of option to inform or not physician | N | N | N | N | N | N | ? | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Subject will be invited for follow-up scan in case of IF | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | ? | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Total frequency of different strategies to handle IF | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
Y = yes (attribute is present)
N = no (attribute is not present)
? = uncertainty or ambiguity in presence of the attribute