The Role of Remuneration in the Decision to Participate in Health Research

Authors

  • Priscila Goergen Brust-Renck Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9891-510X
  • Ana Carolina Mello Pechansky Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Ética na Ciência (LAPEBEC) do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)
  • Roberta Bristot Silvestrin Escola da Saúde, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Centro Universitário da Serra Gaúcha (FSG) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4467-1431
  • Lucas França Garcia Programa de Pós-Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Centro Universitário de Maringá (UniCesumar) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5815-6150
  • Bruna Pasqualini Genro Serviço de Bioética e Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Ética na Ciência (LAPEBEC) do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-7777
  • José Roberto Goldim Serviço de Bioética e Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Ética na Ciência (LAPEBEC) do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-6594

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2020.50.29147

Keywords:

Bioethics. Informed consent. Remuneration. Influence. Ethics, Research. Clinical trial.

Abstract

The process of informed consent for research participation with human beings aims to provide appropriate information to individuals enabling him or her to make the decision to participate voluntarily, free of external pressures. The possibility of remuneration could interfere in the willingness to consent. The present study aims to evaluate the perception of influence of the monetary payment through research simulations that vary in the level of risk (Bioequivalence and Phase I) and type of monetary payment (with and without). Eighty volunteers participated in the study. The results suggest that remuneration did not interfere with the willingness of the consent process, as participants accepted an invitation to participate in the first research option to which they were invited to and did not feel undue influence.

Author Biographies

Priscila Goergen Brust-Renck, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil

PhD in Developmental Psychology

Professor, Graduate Program in Psychology, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Brazil

Ana Carolina Mello Pechansky, Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Ética na Ciência (LAPEBEC) do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)

Clinical psychologist, student of specialist degree in psychotherapy of children and adolescents, Centro de Estudos Atendimento e Pesquisa da Infância e da Adolescência (CEAPIA)

Roberta Bristot Silvestrin, Escola da Saúde, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Centro Universitário da Serra Gaúcha (FSG)

PhD in Neuroscience

Professor, School of Health, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), and Center of Health Sciences, Centro Universitário da Serra Gaúcha - FSG, Brazil

Lucas França Garcia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Promoção da Saúde, Centro Universitário de Maringá (UniCesumar)

PhD in Medical Sciences

Professor, Graduate Program in Health Promotion, Centro Universitário de Maringá (UniCesumar), Brazil

Bruna Pasqualini Genro, Serviço de Bioética e Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Ética na Ciência (LAPEBEC) do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)

PhD in Medical Sciences

Bioethics Assistant, Service of Bioethics and Laboratory of Research and Ethics in Science, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil

José Roberto Goldim, Serviço de Bioética e Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Ética na Ciência (LAPEBEC) do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

PhD in Medicine
Head of the Service of Bioethics and Laboratory of Research and Ethics in Science, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil
Professor, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Porto Alegre, and Graduate Program in Biomedical gerontology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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2020-07-29

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Brust-Renck, P. G., Pechansky, A. C. M., Silvestrin, R. B., Garcia, L. F., Genro, B. P., & Goldim, J. R. (2020). The Role of Remuneration in the Decision to Participate in Health Research. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (50), 407–423. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2020.50.29147

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2020: Núm. 50 - nov - Dossier on bioethical issues in the COVID-19 pandemics, coordinated by M. Casado

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