TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Associated With Payments to Research Participants: A Review of Sociobehavioral Studies at a Large Southern California Research University
AU - Brown, Brandon
AU - Marg, Logan
AU - Zhang, Zhiwei
AU - Kuzmanović, Dario
AU - Dubé, Karine
AU - Galea, Jerome
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Along with a dearth of regulatory guidance, little empirical research has examined factors related to participant payment in research. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 100 institutional review board (IRB)–approved sociobehavioral human subjects research protocols at a large research university in Southern California. The proportion of studies that paid participants differed significantly by type of research ( p < .001) and study population ( p = .009). The average payment amount also differed significantly by study population ( p < .001) and type of participation (in-person vs. remote; p < .001). In addition, studies that required more visits ( p < .001) and more time ( p = .011) paid significantly more than studies with fewer and shorter visits, respectively. These findings provide data to help inform future ethical payment practices.
AB - Along with a dearth of regulatory guidance, little empirical research has examined factors related to participant payment in research. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 100 institutional review board (IRB)–approved sociobehavioral human subjects research protocols at a large research university in Southern California. The proportion of studies that paid participants differed significantly by type of research ( p < .001) and study population ( p = .009). The average payment amount also differed significantly by study population ( p < .001) and type of participation (in-person vs. remote; p < .001). In addition, studies that required more visits ( p < .001) and more time ( p = .011) paid significantly more than studies with fewer and shorter visits, respectively. These findings provide data to help inform future ethical payment practices.
KW - paying research participants
KW - research ethics
KW - institutional review boards
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/156
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264619869538
U2 - 10.1177/1556264619869538
DO - 10.1177/1556264619869538
M3 - Article
C2 - 31432735
VL - 14
JO - Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
JF - Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
ER -