Enhancing awareness of research participants' bill of rights: A study in a rural municipality in the Philippines.
- Author:
Maria Milagros U. MAGAT
1
;
Jennifer M. NAILES
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article, Original
- Keywords: Bill Of Rights; Research Participants
- MeSH: Human; Clinical Trial; Informed Consent
- From: Health Sciences Journal 2025;14(1):53-63
- CountryPhilippines
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Abstract:
INTRODUCTION
Documenting a research participant’s awareness of the bill of rights is achieved with an informed consent. In recent years, the informed consent document has increasingly become confounding to research participants in its complexity. As such, the awareness of research participants’ bill of rights has emerged as a lingering issue since studies that test awareness of research participants’ bill of rights are limited. Hence, this study aimed to determine the participants’ awareness of the bill of rights after an educational intervention.
METHODSA quasi-experimental study was done where participants’ awareness of clinical trial participants’ bill of rights was determined after an educational intervention.
RESULTSThere was a significant difference (pCONCLUSIONS
Significant difference in the awareness of bill of rights was observed after the educational intervention. Additional intervention could be given to participants who are females, of older age group (middle age and older), did not complete high school, and the unemployed when they participate in clinical trials to ensure their awareness of the bill of rights of clinical trial participants. Varied learning materials must be given to participants to emphasize the clinical research objectives and activities as well.