Health Research Participation: Experiences and Decisions of Military Members

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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Health Research Participation: Experiences and Decisions of Military Members

Conditions
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Decision Making, Life Experiences

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Demographic Data
* Other: Interview


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Demographic Data|Demographic data will be collected from up to 50 service members who have participated in health research or who have previously declined research participation.|
|Other: Interview|Up to 40 service members will participate in individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews in person or via telephone.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Experiences of health research participation | Self-reports of health research participation experiences | Within past three years | 
| Research participation decisions | Self-reports of research participation decisions | Within past three years | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Airmen, Decision Making, Armed Forces Personnel, Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Research Subjects, Life Experiences, Patient Participation, Refusal to Participate, Healthcare Research, Qualitative Research, Interview, Interviews, Telephone, Ethics, Research, Military Personnel, Air Force Personnel, Army Personnel, Navy Personnel