Lim Crystal S, Sarver Dustin E, Brown Dustin C, McCulloh Russell, Malloch Lacy, Gissandaner Tre D, Annett Robert D
J Pediatr Health Care. 2025 Jul-Aug;39(4):531-540. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2024.12.001. Epub 2024 Dec 30.
Understanding caregiver willingness to participate in pediatric clinical research is needed. We examined caregiver perceptions of pediatric clinical research during COVID-19 and examined research attitudes and sociodemographic factors as predictors of willingness.
A cross-sectional telephone survey was administered to caregivers of children from August 2020 to April 2021. We examined caregiver willingness to participate in the following research modalities during COVID-19: telehealth, in-person, and vaccine-focused.
Participants included 600 caregivers (52.8% non-Hispanic White; Child Age M = 9.3 years; 50.0% from rural areas). Caregivers reported more willingness to participate in nonvaccine research (64.0% telehealth, 59.4% face-to-face) compared to vaccine research (22.1%). Different predictors were found for caregivers living in rural and nonrural areas and specific research attitudes predicted willingness.
Caregiver willingness to participate in pediatric clinical research during COVID-19 differed by modality and research attitudes predicting willingness differed by geography. Surveillance regarding pediatric vaccine and clinical research hesitancy broadly should continue.
需要了解照顾者参与儿科临床研究的意愿。我们调查了新冠疫情期间照顾者对儿科临床研究的看法,并研究了研究态度和社会人口学因素作为意愿的预测指标。
2020年8月至2021年4月对儿童照顾者进行了横断面电话调查。我们调查了新冠疫情期间照顾者参与以下研究方式的意愿:远程医疗、面对面以及疫苗相关研究。
参与者包括600名照顾者(52.8%为非西班牙裔白人;儿童平均年龄为9.3岁;50.0%来自农村地区)。与疫苗研究(22.1%)相比,照顾者报告称更愿意参与非疫苗研究(64.0%为远程医疗,59.4%为面对面)。在农村和非农村地区的照顾者中发现了不同的预测指标,特定的研究态度可预测意愿。
新冠疫情期间照顾者参与儿科临床研究的意愿因方式而异,预测意愿的研究态度因地区而异。总体而言,应继续监测儿科疫苗和临床研究的犹豫情况。