Perspectives regarding privacy in clinical research among research professionals from the Arab region: an exploratory qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Protecting the privacy of research participants is widely recognized as one of the standard ethical requirements for clinical research. It is unknown, however, how research professionals regard concepts of privacy as well as the situations in the research setting that require privacy protections. The aim of this study was to explore the views of research professionals from Arab countries regarding concepts and scope of privacy that occur in clinical research.

Methods

We adopted an exploratory qualitative approach by the use of focus group discussions. We recruited individuals involved in research from Egypt and Morocco. We analyzed focus group data via a constant comparison approach, which consisted of close reading of the transcribed interviews followed by coding

SUBMITTER: Adarmouch L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7158072 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature