Hem Ingvild Romstad, Gjerstad Camilla, Berg Ansgar
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2019 Feb 11;139(3). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.17.0958. Print 2019 Feb 12.
A fall in recruitment of participants for research has been observed in recent years. In order to ensure a sufficient number of research participants, incentives such as remuneration and gift cards have been used. The number of Norwegian research groups that apply to use payment has not been previously studied. We have investigated the extent to which payment and other incentives are used in medical and health research in Norway.
Four of the seven Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC) in Norway were selected to participate in the study. All applications for approval of research projects submitted to these committees in 2014 were analysed. Following a review of the application form, research protocol and information and consent form associated with the project applications, a total of 515 of 955 project applications were included in the study.
Of 515 project applications that were included, a total of 12 % applied to use incentives. Altogether 4 % applied to use remuneration and 7 % applied to use incentives such as gift cards, gifts and lottery tickets. Of the project applications involving remuneration, 82 % were for amounts of NOK 500 or less.
A minority of the research groups applied to use incentives. The amounts that were planned to be used as incentives were low and appear to be acceptable. It is unlikely that the size of the incentives constitutes an undue influence on research participants in Norway.
近年来，研究参与者的招募人数有所下降。为了确保有足够数量的研究参与者，人们采用了诸如报酬和礼品卡等激励措施。此前尚未对挪威申请使用报酬的研究小组数量进行过研究。我们调查了挪威医学和健康研究中使用报酬及其他激励措施的程度。
在挪威七个医学和健康研究伦理区域委员会（REC）中，选取了四个参与该研究。对2014年提交给这些委员会的所有研究项目批准申请进行了分析。在审查了与项目申请相关的申请表、研究方案以及信息和同意表后，955个项目申请中的515个被纳入研究。
在纳入的515个项目申请中，共有12%的申请使用激励措施。其中4%的申请使用报酬，7%的申请使用礼品卡、礼品和彩票等激励措施。在涉及报酬的项目申请中，82%的报酬金额为500挪威克朗或更少。
少数研究小组申请使用激励措施。计划用作激励的金额较低，似乎是可以接受的。激励措施的规模不太可能对挪威的研究参与者构成不当影响。
