Comparing Payments Between Sociobehavioral and Biomedical Studies in a Large Research University in Southern California
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Keywords
payment for research participation, research ethics, behavioral social science research, federal policies/guidelines/office of human research protections, other behavioral/biomedical science
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1556264620987773
Abstract
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.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, v. 16, issue 1-2, p. 117-124
Scholar Commons Citation
Brown, Brandon; Marg, Logan; Michels, Emily; Zhang, Zhiwei; Kuzmanović, Dario; Dubé, Karine; and Galea, Jerome T., "Comparing Payments Between Sociobehavioral and Biomedical Studies in a Large Research University in Southern California" (2021). Social Work Faculty Publications. 182.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/182
