What the study did
Researchers at the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) compared how five generative AI tools draft informed consent documents. To analyze the resulting text, Evidano was used for content analysis.
Five generative AI tools across six scenarios, each document comprising a participant information sheet and a consent form.
Published in Perspectives in Clinical Research, Vol 17(2), 2026 | Wolters Kluwer, Medknow | AI tool use disclosed in the methods
How Evidano fit the workflow
- 1Collect the documents
30 AI-drafted consent documents across six research scenarios.
- 2Run content analysis in Evidano
Evidano analyzed the documents for omissions, risky phrasing, and language patterns.
- 3Surface the findings
Recurring omissions and risky phrasing were identified, with representative document excerpts.
- 4Human review and reporting
Three trained assessors reviewed the documents; results were reported in the published study.
“content analysis was performed using the AILYZE tool to identify omissions, risky phrasing, and tool-specific language patterns”
“Content analysis from the AILYZE tool revealed recurring omissions and risky phrasing across all tools”
AI tool use was disclosed in the methods and cited as a reference in the paper.
Evidano supported the analysis; trained human assessors reviewed the documents.
About Evidano (previously AILYZE)
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