VT Human Subjects Protection Tutorial
1. Welcome --- 2. Reason for Training --- 3. Importance of Compliance --- 4. History --- 5. Selection of Subjects --- 6. Recruitment --- 7. Consent --- 8. Paying Subjects --- 9. Confidentiality & Anonymity --- 10. Who Regulates Your Research? --- 11. VT IRB Submissions --- 12. Continued Compliance ---QUIZ
8 Paying Research Subjects
Paying individuals to participate in research has been a controversial issue within the IRB community for many years; however, there are few regulatory guidelines to address this issue.
Compensation must not be large enough to be considered coercive. Researchers and the IRB must consider the subject pool’s socioeconomics while reviewing protocols involving payment for research participation. Unfortunately, there are no set standards for what amount is considered coercive. Considerations for compensation will be made on an individual (per study) basis by the IRB.
Institutional Review Board’s are charged with the responsibility to review both the amount and method of payment to ensure that neither are coercive or present undue influence to participate or to continue participation.
If a study includes a large amount of compensation, depending upon the socioeconomics and study procedures expected from participants, the IRB may require that the researchers delay informing participants of the compensation until after the subject completes study procedures. This will help to ensure that subjects are participating because of voluntariness instead of compensation (i.e., undue influence).
Compensation should be prorated based on duration of study participation. Payment must not be contingent on the participant completing the study procedures. In other words, even if the subject decides to withdraw from the study, he/she must be compensated, at least partially, based on what study procedures he/she has completed.
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