Women’s Health and Menopause Study: Informed consent

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Important

Registration consists of two steps: accepting the informed consent and completing the form to obtain your personalised voucher with your personal information, body measurements, vital signs and lifestyle information.

Before continuing, we recommend having the following information ready:

  • Personal information: date of birth, race/ethnicity and age at your first period.
  • Body measurements: height (cm), weight (kg), and neck (cm), waist (cm) and hip (cm) circumferences.
  • Vital signs: systolic and diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate.
  • Lifestyle: consumption of red meat, fruit and vegetables, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption.

If you do not yet have any of these measurements, collect them before starting registration. This will allow you to complete both steps without interrupting the process.

Study sponsor: Blueberry Diagnostics, S.L. Read this information before deciding whether to participate.

Study information

1. Your participation

After completing your details on this page, accepting the consent declarations and signing, you will proceed to the form to obtain your personalised voucher, where you will provide the information listed in the box above. Once you have completed all the required fields and submitted the form to obtain your personalised voucher, you will receive an email containing a copy of your signed informed consent, your voucher personalised with your details and a list of available Laboratorio Echevarne centres, all in PDF format. You can take this voucher to your nearest Laboratorio Echevarne centre to have the test completely free of charge, including sample collection and laboratory analyses. A venous blood sample will be taken and you will be asked to provide a urine sample. Laboratorio Echevarne will perform the analyses. Blood collection may cause temporary discomfort, bruising or dizziness; the healthcare team will explain the procedure and its risks.

2. Purpose and use of algorithms

Blueberry Diagnostics will process the information from your completed form to obtain your personalised voucher and your laboratory results together using its algorithms to calculate various indices and scores related to women’s health and menopause, and generate a report that you will receive completely free of charge. This pilot study aims to check the technical operation of these algorithms and the clarity of the report. Note: This assessment does not seek, on its own, to establish the clinical validity of risk estimates.

3. Nature of the report

The report is a prototype for information and evaluation. It does not replace professional medical assessment, diagnosis or treatment. Discuss relevant findings with your doctor. Do not change treatment based solely on this report.

4. Study inclusion criteria

  • Women aged 40 or over.
  • Signed informed consent.
  • Ability to complete the form to obtain your personalised voucher and provide the required samples.
  • Availability to review the report and assess its clarity.

5. Study exclusion criteria

  • Women under 40 years of age.
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  • Acute illness, an unstable clinical condition or recovery from a recent hospitalisation or surgery.
  • Inability to provide informed consent or undergo sample collection safely.

6. Personal data and samples

Blueberry Diagnostics, S.L. is responsible for the processing of your personal data and laboratory test results for managing your participation, carrying out the study and generating your report. Your identity, acceptances, the server date and time, IP address and this text version will be recorded as evidence of consent. A drawn signature is mandatory and will not be used for biometric identification. The laboratory needs identifying information to manage your samples. Confidentiality and access restrictions apply; your data will be treated confidentially, but may be linked to your identity to manage your participation and generate your report. Details of recipients, retention and your rights are provided in the linked Privacy Policy. Sample retention and disposal follow the laboratory’s applicable procedures and obligations. If the results are published or presented at conferences in the field, anonymised data will be used so that participants cannot be identified.

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Consent version: menopause-v3

Study participation criteria