At what price? The current state of subject payment in adolescent research
At what price? The current state of subject payment in adolescent research
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DOI：
10.1016/s1054-139x(03)00228-3
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发表时间：
2003-11-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Fortenberry, JD
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作者：
Borzekowski, DLG;Rickert, VI;Fortenberry, JD
目的：要研究如何支付主体与研究功能，如调查人员的特点和项目的具体情况，在随机选择的研究中使用青少年subjects.Methods：使用Psychinfo，我们收集了一个列表，在1999年发表的原始研究，使用青少年subjects。我们随机选择通讯作者，并邮寄受试者支付保密问卷。我们收集了127位青少年研究作者的完整数据。虽然我们的主要结果是主体支付，但我们也研究了支付的货币价值和形式。预测变量包括主要研究者的人口统计学和专业信息以及项目的设计和样本。数据进行了分析，使用学生的t检验，皮尔逊相关性，和logistic regulation.Results：使用青少年科目的研究，55%（n = 61）涉及支付。支付总额各不相同（范围1美元至600美元，平均值= 82.35美元），每次会议的平均值为26.61美元。与报酬相关的研究者特征是主要研究者当前的学科领域和获得的最高教育学位的年代、水平和领域。资金和协议的复杂性与支付，是样本的大小，性别组成，种族构成，社会经济地位的分布，并在风险状态。Logistic回归分析发现，使用报酬的研究人员获得资助的可能性是其他研究人员的7.2倍，与高危青少年一起工作的可能性是其他研究人员的2.8倍，对报酬的积极态度每增加一个单位，使用报酬的可能性就增加1.1倍。在那些对我们的调查问卷作出答复的人中，1999年发表的关于青少年的研究中有一半多一点使用了支付;然而，支付的金额差异很大。(C)青少年医学协会，2003年。
Purpose: To examine how subject payment was associated with study features, such as investigator characteristics and project specifics, among randomly selected studies using adolescent subjects.Methods: Using Psychinfo we gathered a list of original research studies published in 1999 that used adolescent subjects. We randomly selected corresponding authors and mailed confidential questionnaires on subject payment. We gathered complete data from 127 authors of adolescent research. While our main outcome was subject payment, we also examined the monetary value and form of the payment. Predictor variables included the principal investigator's demographics and professional information and the project's design and sample. Data were analyzed using Student's t-tests, Pearson correlations, and logistic regression.Results: Of the studies using adolescent subjects, 55% (n = 61) involved payment. Total payment varied (range $1 to $600, mean = $82.35) and the mean value per session was $26.61. Investigator characteristics associated with payment were a principal investigator's current discipline area and the decade, level and area of highest educational degree obtained. Funding and protocol complexity were related to payment, as was the sample's size, gender composition, ethnic makeup, SES distribution, and at-risk status. Logistic regression analyses found that researchers using payment were 7.2 times more likely to have funding, 2.8 times more likely to work with at-risk youth, and for every unit increase in positive attitude toward compensation, there was a 1.1-fold increase in the likelihood of using payment.Conclusions: Of those who responded to our questionnaire, slightly more than one-half the 1999 published studies done with adolescents used payment; however, the amount paid varied tremendously. (C) Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2003.