Table 2.
Southeast Site Data and Results.
| Consent document characteristics | ||||
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| Word count | Readability (grade level)a | Total number of slides | Number of interactive questions | Question/slide ratio |
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| 3,477 | 11 | 127 | 19 | 0.150 |
| Participant demographics | ||||
| Race | ||||
| American Indian/Alaskan native | 1 (0.5%) | |||
| Asian | 20 (9.8%) | |||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| African American | 32 (15.7%) | |||
| Caucasian | 136 (66.7%) | |||
| More than one race | 6 (2.9%) | |||
| Other | 6 (2.9%) | |||
| Not reported | 3 (1.5%) | |||
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 18 (8.8%) | |||
| Not Hispanic | 181 (88.7%) | |||
| Not reported | 5 (2.5% | |||
| Age | ||||
| Mean | 49.6 | |||
| Median | 53 | |||
| Range | 18–84 | |||
| Income | ||||
| <$50,000 | 69 (33.8%) | |||
| ≥$50,000 | 124 (60.8%) | |||
| Not reported | 11 (5.4%) | |||
| Education | ||||
| High school or less | 15 (7.4%) | |||
| Beyond high school | 186 (91.2%) | |||
| Understanding and confidence in understanding scores | ||||||
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| eIC | F2F | |||||
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Difference | p | |
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| Mean understanding score (out of 100) | 82.65 | 9.79 | 80.07 | 9.03 | 2.58 | .090 |
| Mean confidence in understanding score (out of 100) | 91.63 | 8.87 | 89.58 | 13.79 | 2.05 | .340 |
| Intent to enroll in the biobank by condition | ||||||
| eIC | F2F | |||||
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| Yes | % | Yes | % | Difference | p | |
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| Intent to enroll | 81 | 76.4 | 110 | 98.2 | −29 | 0.000*** |
Note. eIC= electronic informed consent; F2F =face-to-face; Northeast-E = English-speaking Northeast; Northeast-S = Spanish-speaking Northeast;
***
<0.001.
a
Readability score results were calculated using the Fry readability index.