Family Practice Vol. 21, No. 2, 219-220
Family Practice Vol. 21, No. 2 © Oxford University Press 2004, all rights reserved.
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Consent rates for video-recording general practice consultations: effect of ethnicity and other factors
Department of General Practice, University of Wales College of Medicine, Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham LL13 7YP, a Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds, 7175 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL and b School of Community Sciences, Division of Primary Care, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
E-mail: nealrd{at}cf.ac.uk
We sought consent for video-recording general practice consultations from 260 consecutive attenders in nine surgeries. Intensive fieldwork including language support, from both the researcher and professional interpreters, was undertaken. The overall consent rate was 77.3%. No significant differences in consent rates were found between white and south Asian patients, even after controlling for age, gender and self-reported understanding of English. No differences in consent rates were found with respect to age, gender and self-reported understanding of English.
Keywords. Consent, ethnicity, video-recording.