Informed Consent
Participation in this survey is completely voluntary, and participation does not require you to include any identifying information. With surveys of this nature, there is always the risk for breach of privacy and confidentiality if you do decide to include identifying information. The TBRS Community and Malan Syndrome Foundation have implemented measures to decrease this risk, including only allowing trained staff to analyze results, and by not sharing any identifiable information outside of the study staff. The data obtained through this survey will be stored on a secure system. However, there is still a small risk associated with breach of privacy and confidentiality that participants should be aware of.
Proceeding to fill out this survey serves as consent for participation in it.
Should participants have any questions regarding this process or the study, please contact:
Jill Kiernan, Executive Director: jill@tbrsyndrome.org