Returning aggregate research results to participants: a scoping review of current practices, preferences and challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To synthesise the current evidence about practices, preferences and challenges related to returning aggregate research results to participants, with implications for public health, health equity and policy development.

Design

Scoping review conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews framework.

Data sources

Four electronic databases-PubMed (National Library of Medicine), Excerpta Medica Database (Elsevier), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (Elton B. Stephens CO(mpany)) and Cochrane Library (Wiley)-were from inception to February 2025.

Eligibility criteria

English-language, peer-reviewed articles reporting practices or preferences for returnin

SUBMITTER: Idnay B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12666177 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature