Parental Factors Associated With the Decision to Participate in a Neonatal Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It remains poorly understood how parents decide whether to enroll a child in a neonatal clinical trial. This is particularly true for parents from racial or ethnic minority populations. Understanding factors associated with enrollment decisions may improve recruitment processes for families, increase enrollment rates, and decrease disparities in research participation.

Objective

To assess differences in parental factors between parents who enrolled their infant and those who declined enrollment for a neonatal randomized clinical trial.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study conducted from July 2017 to October 2019 in 12 US level 3 and 4 neonatal intensive care units included parents of infants who enrolled in the High-dose Erythropoietin for As

SUBMITTER: Weiss EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7804922 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature