TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing Payments Between Sociobehavioral and Biomedical Studies in a Large Research University in Southern California
AU - Brown, Brandon
AU - Marg, Logan
AU - Michels, Emily
AU - Zhang, Zhiwei
AU - Kuzmanović, Dario
AU - Dubé, Karine
AU - Galea, Jerome T.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Given the dearth of regulatory guidance and empirical research on practices of providing payments to research participants, our study aimed to examine whether there were significant differences in payment amounts between sociobehavioral and biomedical studies and to examine study factors that may explain payment differences. This study reviewed 100 sociobehavioral and 31 biomedical protocols. Results showed that both biomedical studies and sociobehavioral studies had a wide variation of payments and, on average, the biomedical studies paid significantly more. Additionally, more biomedical studies offered payment than sociobehavioral studies. The primary factors that explained differences in payment amounts between sociobehavioral and biomedical studies were the number of study visits, study time, participation type, risk level, and research method. These findings provide pilot data to help inform future ethical decision-making and guidance regarding payment practices.
AB - Given the dearth of regulatory guidance and empirical research on practices of providing payments to research participants, our study aimed to examine whether there were significant differences in payment amounts between sociobehavioral and biomedical studies and to examine study factors that may explain payment differences. This study reviewed 100 sociobehavioral and 31 biomedical protocols. Results showed that both biomedical studies and sociobehavioral studies had a wide variation of payments and, on average, the biomedical studies paid significantly more. Additionally, more biomedical studies offered payment than sociobehavioral studies. The primary factors that explained differences in payment amounts between sociobehavioral and biomedical studies were the number of study visits, study time, participation type, risk level, and research method. These findings provide pilot data to help inform future ethical decision-making and guidance regarding payment practices.
KW - payment for research participation
KW - research ethics
KW - behavioral social science research
KW - federal policies/guidelines/office of human research protections
KW - other behavioral/biomedical science
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/182
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264620987773
U2 - /10.1177%2F1556264620987773
DO - /10.1177%2F1556264620987773
M3 - Article
VL - 16
JO - Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
JF - Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
ER -