Table 3 Research focus in studies discussing participant compensation and retention
From: The ethics of community-based research with people who use drugs: results of a scoping review
Citation | Focus |
|---|---|
COCQ-SIDA [31] | The importance of effective communication with regards to compensation in research. |
Draus et al. [27] | The benefits of using cash payments (as opposed to other forms of compensation) to remunerate participants in research. |
Festinger et al. [33] | The benefits of incentive payments to increase the quality of survey answers and facilitate access to people who are normally harder to reach. |
Salmon et al. [32] | The importance of clarifying rules for what type of work receives honorarium (and its amount). |
Seddon [28] | The decision-making process by researchers who do not offer compensation based on the assumption that participants use research incentives to purchase illegal drugs. |
Striley [29] | The benefits of cash payments to increase the retention of people who use drugs in research. |
Striley et al. [30] | The decision-making process by researchers and research ethics boards who do not compensate people who use drugs for their time with cash. |