8790University of California, Riverside, USA.
166847Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2021 Feb-Apr;16(1-2):117-124. doi: 10.1177/1556264620987773. Epub 2021 Feb 4.
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.
鉴于针对向研究参与者提供报酬的做法的监管指导意见和实证研究十分匮乏，我们的研究旨在考察社会行为学研究和生物医学研究之间的报酬金额是否存在显著差异，并考察可能解释报酬差异的研究因素。本研究审查了 100 项社会行为学研究和 31 项生物医学研究方案。结果表明，生物医学研究和社会行为学研究的报酬均存在很大差异，平均而言，生物医学研究的报酬要高得多。此外，提供报酬的生物医学研究多于社会行为学研究。解释社会行为学研究和生物医学研究之间报酬金额差异的主要因素是研究访视次数、研究时间、参与类型、风险级别和研究方法。这些发现提供了有助于为未来的支付实践提供信息的初步数据，以帮助进行伦理决策和指导。
