Table 1 Choices in the informed consent of CHRIS baseline.

From: Ten years of dynamic consent in the CHRIS study: informed consent as a dynamic process

 

Options

Type of choice

Q1. Consent to the visit

Yes

“Yes” is necessary for participation

No

Q2. Consent to data and samples processing

Yes

“Yes” is necessary for participation. Changeable upon withdrawal

No

Q3. Consent to data storage

Yes

“Yes” is necessary for participation. Changeable upon withdrawal

No

Q4a. Consent to data sharing with defined partners

Yes

Free-choice answer and changeable over time

No

Q4b. Consent to data sharing through portals

Yes

Free-choice answer and changeable over time

No

Q5. Options for medical reports delivery

At the CHRIS study

One option is necessary for participation

Sent at home

Q6. Awareness of pedigree study

Yes

“Yes” is necessary for participation

No

Q7. Consent to re-contact

Yes

Free-choice answer and changeable over time

No

Q8. Awareness of no economic benefit

Yes

“Yes” is necessary for participation

No

Q9. Consent to biobanking

Yes

“Yes” is necessary for participation. Changeable upon withdrawal

No

Q10. Death dispositions options

Destruction of data and samples

Free-choice answer and changeable over time

Anonymisation of data and samples

Further use in research within the limit of the consent

Q11. Awareness of research purpose

Yes

“Yes” is necessary for participation

No

Q12. Return of individual research results

Want to be informed

Free-choice answer and changeable over time

Do not want to be informed

Informed only if results are relevant for own health and actionable

Informed only if results are potentially relevant for relatives’ health

  1. There are different types of questions in the informed consent: (a) questions where “Yes” is compulsory for participation and that are not changeable by the individual participant over time (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q5, Q6, Q8, Q9, Q11). However, some of those are changeable upon withdrawal (Q2, Q3, Q9); (b) questions where participants can choose among more options and that are changeable over time (Q4a, Q4b, Q7, Q10, Q12).