Information Sheet for Participation in a Research Study
Principal Investigator: Deborah Dillon McDonald
Title of Study: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Analgesic Adverse Drug Event Measure
You are invited to participate in a research study. This form includes information about the study and contact information if you have any questions.
The purpose of the study is to test a measure of what people do when they have an unpleasant response to a pain medication (analgesic) such as acetaminophen (Tylenol); non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as Advil, Aleve, aspirin, ibuprofen; or an opioid such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxycontin, hydrocodone, fentanyl, Tramadol, or morphine. Your participation consists of completing an anonymous online survey about how you responded to an unpleasant side effect from the pain medication that you took on your own. The questions include what you did in response to the side effect, the pain medication that caused the side effect, description of the side effect; general questions such as your age and gender; and some health-related questions such as any other health conditions you might have such as high blood pressure.
This study should take approximately 5 minutes of your time. Your participation will be anonymous.
You will not be contacted again in the future.
You will not be paid for being in this study. Your email is not connected in any way to your survey responses.
We do not anticipate any risks from completing the survey.
You may not benefit from this research. However, the benefits of your participation may impact society by helping increase knowledge about how people respond to an unpleasant side effect from a pain medication. Such information would assist in tailoring health education to support safer use of pain medication.
We will do our best to protect the confidentiality of the information we gather from you but we cannot guarantee 100% confidentiality. Your confidentiality will be maintained to the degree permitted by the technology used. Specifically, no guarantees can be made regarding the interception of data sent via the Internet by any third parties.
You do not have to be in this study if you do not want to be. You do not have to answer any question that you do not want to answer for any reason. We will be happy to answer any questions you have about this study. If you have further questions about this project or if you have a research-related problem, you may contact Deborah Dillon McDonald at 860-486- 3714.
If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact the University of Connecticut Institutional Review Board (IRB) at 860-486-8802. The IRB is a group of people who review research studies to protect the rights and welfare of research participants.
Survey: https://innovate.uchc.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=YR3HFDD8HE
UConn IRB PROTOCOL X20-0008 APPROVED 2/7/2020
For more information, contact: Deborah Mcdonald at deborah.mcdonald@uconn.edu