Control | Intervention |
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simple consent | informed consent |
Dear Mrs. / Mr. [], just as we discussed earlier, you will receive a new sleeping pill for tonight. | Dear Mrs. / Mr. [], just as we discussed earlier, you will receive a new sleeping pill for tonight. |
Before that, I would like to give you some more information about that drug. The sleeping pill improves falling asleep and sleeping through the night in about 60% of all patients. It does not work for about 40% of all patients. No serious side effects are to be expected, but of course, like in all other medicaments, side effects can occur. About those, I would like to give you some more information: Around 30% of all patients report dry mouth. Around 27% of all patients report slight vertigo. About 40% of all patients report increased sweating. | |
As usual, you will be given that pill about half an hour before going to bed. Tomorrow, we will hand out a questionnaire to you, in which you can indicate how you have been sleeping tonight. | As usual, you will be given that pill about half an hour before going to bed. Tomorrow, we will hand out a questionnaire to you, in which you can indicate how you have been sleeping tonight. |