Factors Associated With Payments to Research Participants: A Review of Sociobehavioral Studies at a Large Southern California Research University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2019
Keywords
paying research participants, research ethics, institutional review boards
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264619869538
Abstract
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.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, v. 14, issue 4, p. 408-415
Scholar Commons Citation
Brown, Brandon; Marg, Logan; Zhang, Zhiwei; Kuzmanović, Dario; Dubé, Karine; and Galea, Jerome, "Factors Associated With Payments to Research Participants: A Review of Sociobehavioral Studies at a Large Southern California Research University" (2019). Social Work Faculty Publications. 156.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/156
