Payment of research participants: current practice and policies of Irish research ethics committees

Abstract

There is considerable variability among RECs on the payment of research participants and a lack of clear consensus guidelines on the subject. The development of standardised guidelines on the payment of research subjects may enhance recruitment of research participants.

Paying patient and caregiver research participants: putting theory into practice

“…This has resulted in highly variable payment practices between disciplines, institutions and individual researchers (Head , Roche et al . ).…”

“…To facilitate recruitment and retention, researchers frequently offer some form of payment to participants (Permuth‐Wey & Borenstein , Roche et al . ). However, paying research participants gives rise to several ethical and practical considerations.…”

“…, Roche et al . ). The aim of this article is to explicate and contextualize the ethical and practical considerations related to paying participants in nursing research.…”

“…A lack of understanding about the research aims and methodology and concerns about the study length, are other influencing factors (Geppert et al 2014, Shah et al 2014, while research fatigue is also increasingly reported (Cleary et al 2016). To facilitate recruitment and retention, researchers frequently offer some form of payment to participants (Permuth-Wey & Borenstein 2009, Roche et al 2013. However, paying research participants gives rise to several ethical and practical considerations.…”

“…The research proposal was approved by the institution's human research ethics committee. While responsibility for governing research activities usually lies with individual ethics committees, however, they too often lack policies or protocols to inform their decisions about payment (Largent et al 2012, Roche et al 2013. The aim of this article is to explicate and contextualize the ethical and practical considerations related to paying participants in nursing research.…”