Measuring Discomfort in Health Research Relative to Everyday Events and Routine Care: An Application to Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Understanding how sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth's comfort with research procedures compares to their comfort with everyday experiences and routine health care can help calibrate decisions about whether a study meets minimal risk criteria. We sought to quantify SGM adolescents' comfort with sexual health research relative to everyday events and activities often cited as benchmarks of minimal risk.

Methods

A total of 616 SGM adolescents in the United States (mean age = 15.7 years, 41.7% racial/ethnic minority) completed online survey questions assessing sexual behavior, SGM identity, and a 53-item Measure of Adolescent Comfort with Clinical, Research, and Everyday Events that assessed comfort on a 7-point scale (1 = extremely uncomfortable and 7 = extremely co

SUBMITTER: Macapagal K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478526 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature