Documents for patients and trial participants

This branch covers documents addressed to patients and clinical trial participants. It divides them by the reader’s situation: receiving care or taking part in research. General plain-language techniques, health reporting, organisational communication channels and patient involvement in developing materials belong to neighbouring branches.

• Documents for patients — patient education materials for understanding and managing care, and decision aids for weighing health options
• Documents for trial participants — recruitment, pretrial information, explanations of data use, informed consent, young participants’ assent and lay summaries of results