Cargando…

Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country

Research involving human subjects requires strict adherence to ethical principles, including informed consent and assuring data confidentiality. Herein, a questionnaire was utilized to assess compliance of graduate students who conduct research involving human subjects in Jordan with proper practice...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Swedan, Samer, Khabour, Omar F., Alzoubi, Karem H., Aljabali, Alaa A.A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7505757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32995624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04940
_version_ 1783584881610063872
author Swedan, Samer
Khabour, Omar F.
Alzoubi, Karem H.
Aljabali, Alaa A.A.
author_facet Swedan, Samer
Khabour, Omar F.
Alzoubi, Karem H.
Aljabali, Alaa A.A.
author_sort Swedan, Samer
collection PubMed
description Research involving human subjects requires strict adherence to ethical principles, including informed consent and assuring data confidentiality. Herein, a questionnaire was utilized to assess compliance of graduate students who conduct research involving human subjects in Jordan with proper practices related to informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality. Among the 251 respondents, 55.4% were from health-related fields, 61.4% undertook research involving humans, and 48.6% did research requiring institutional review board approval. Only 37.1% of respondents reported exposure to research ethics education during their graduate study. Satisfactory adherence to informed consent practices was reported at rates of 56.0%–67.5%. Satisfactory adherence to practices related to data confidentiality and study participants' anonymity was reported at rates of 67.3%–74.7%. Sharing of data or samples with others was reported at a rate of 24.3%. The rates of adherence to proper informed consent practices and practices that maintain data confidentiality were less than ideal. Significant policy changes need to be implemented to address these issues.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7505757
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Elsevier
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-75057572020-09-28 Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country Swedan, Samer Khabour, Omar F. Alzoubi, Karem H. Aljabali, Alaa A.A. Heliyon Research Article Research involving human subjects requires strict adherence to ethical principles, including informed consent and assuring data confidentiality. Herein, a questionnaire was utilized to assess compliance of graduate students who conduct research involving human subjects in Jordan with proper practices related to informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality. Among the 251 respondents, 55.4% were from health-related fields, 61.4% undertook research involving humans, and 48.6% did research requiring institutional review board approval. Only 37.1% of respondents reported exposure to research ethics education during their graduate study. Satisfactory adherence to informed consent practices was reported at rates of 56.0%–67.5%. Satisfactory adherence to practices related to data confidentiality and study participants' anonymity was reported at rates of 67.3%–74.7%. Sharing of data or samples with others was reported at a rate of 24.3%. The rates of adherence to proper informed consent practices and practices that maintain data confidentiality were less than ideal. Significant policy changes need to be implemented to address these issues. Elsevier 2020-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7505757/ /pubmed/32995624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04940 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Research Article
Swedan, Samer
Khabour, Omar F.
Alzoubi, Karem H.
Aljabali, Alaa A.A.
Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country
title Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country
title_full Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country
title_fullStr Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country
title_full_unstemmed Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country
title_short Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country
title_sort graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7505757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32995624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04940
work_keys_str_mv AT swedansamer graduatestudentsreportedpracticesregardingtheissueofinformedconsentandmaintainingofdataconfidentialityinadevelopingcountry
AT khabouromarf graduatestudentsreportedpracticesregardingtheissueofinformedconsentandmaintainingofdataconfidentialityinadevelopingcountry
AT alzoubikaremh graduatestudentsreportedpracticesregardingtheissueofinformedconsentandmaintainingofdataconfidentialityinadevelopingcountry
AT aljabalialaaaa graduatestudentsreportedpracticesregardingtheissueofinformedconsentandmaintainingofdataconfidentialityinadevelopingcountry