Centre for Pain Research, The University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Nov-Dec;37(10):1116-26. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss085. Epub 2012 Jul 31.
The Internet is a frequently used platform for research in pediatric and health psychology. However, there is little pragmatic guidance as to ethical best practice of this research. The absence of guidance is particularly prominent for online research with children. Our objective is to outline ethical issues in e-health research with children and adolescents using two exemplar studies in pediatric pain research.
The first study is an asynchronous message board discussion amongst teenagers with pain who are frequent internet users.The second study is a web-based behavioral intervention for the management of adolescent pain.
Each exemplar study is discussed in the context of specific ethical considerations related to recruitment, informed consent and debriefing, privacy and confidentiality, and participant safety. Ethical issues regarding the evaluation of online psychological interventions are also discussed.
Guidance on optimal ethical practice in e-health research is summarized.
互联网是儿科和健康心理学研究常用的平台。然而,对于这种研究的伦理最佳实践,几乎没有实用的指导。对于儿童的在线研究,这种指导的缺乏尤为突出。我们的目标是通过两个儿科疼痛研究的范例研究来概述电子健康研究中涉及儿童和青少年的伦理问题。
第一项研究是在经常上网的青少年疼痛患者中进行的异步留言板讨论。第二项研究是针对青少年疼痛的基于网络的行为干预。
在讨论具体的伦理问题时,分别对这两个范例研究进行了讨论,这些伦理问题涉及招募、知情同意和事后解释、隐私和保密性以及参与者安全。还讨论了关于在线心理干预评估的伦理问题。
总结了电子健康研究中最佳伦理实践的指导。