Health Research Participation: Experiences and Decisions of Military Members

University of Washington

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Decision Making; Life Experiences

Treatments: Other: Interview; Other: Demographic Data

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02518893

IRB #215029 (Other Identifier)

HU0001-14-1-TS07 (N14-P10) (Other Grant/Funding Number)

48058

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to describe service members' experiences as participants in health research, including their reasons for deciding for or against research participation.

Full description

Recent studies of war injuries have included as research participants US military service members returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the increased demand for military relevant research, little is known about the recent experiences of service members as research participants or about their research participation decisions.

The study aims are to: 1). Describe the experiences of military service members who have participated in health research; 2). Explore the reasons military service members decide for or against participation in health research; and 3). Identify effective strategies for promoting military service members' participation in research.

Demographic data will be collected from up to 50 service members who have participated in health research or who have previously declined research participation.

Up to 40 service members will participate in individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews in person or via telephone.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• current US military member of any branch of service at time of screening
• experience as a research participant and/or previously declined participation in at least one health research study within the past three years
• age 18-80 years
• willing to participate in this study
• willing to be interviewed
• consents to participate

Exclusion criteria

• people who do not meet inclusion criteria
• unable to verbally communicate in English