Effect of child health status on parents' allowing children to participate in pediatric research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To identify motivational factors linked to child health status that affected the likelihood of parents' allowing their child to participate in pediatric research.

Methods

Parents were invited to return their completed questionnaires anonymously to assess motivational factors and factors that might improve participation in pediatric research.

Results

Of 573 eligible parents, 261 returned the completed questionnaires. Of these, 126 were parents of healthy children (group 1), whereas 135 were parents of sick children who were divided into two groups according to the severity of their pathology, i.e., 99 ambulatory children (group 2) and 36 nonambulatory children (group 3). The main factor motivating participation in a pediatric clinical research study was "dir

SUBMITTER: Vanhelst J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3582492 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature