Consent forms in the context of genetic testing

Consent forms in the context of genetic testing - Min-Max

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036341

Enrollment

628

Registered

2025-03-05

Start date

2025-03-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-12

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

The online-study is conducted with a sample from the general population, recruited via the platform Prolific (https://www.prolific.com/).

Interventions

Group 1: standard consent (control) Group 2: minimal consent (intervention)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - access to a PC/laptop with internet access - Persons =18 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - insufficient German language skills

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The degree of informedness, measured using the ‘informed’ subscale of the Decisional Conflict Scale (O'Connor 1993; German version by Buchholz et al., 2011)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
processing time (in minutes), consent given (yes/no), knowledge questions (number of items answered correctly)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactPaula Thomas

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

paula.thomas@charite.de030 450 525323

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026