StudyPages Research Participant Survey 2021
StudyPages aims to make research a part of everyone's daily life. We provide study teams with secure and compliant tools to manage and communicate with people and we're constantly thinking on ways to help teams deliver a delightful experience for participants.
To better understand, maybe the most important stakeholder in research, the participant, we asked people who signed up for a study on StudyPages a few questions. Here are a few of our learnings:
- About 70% of our respondents were white, 12% Asian or Pacific Islander, 10 % Black or African American, 6% Hispanic or Latino, 2% Native American or Alaskan Native
- Most were currently enrolled or being evaluated for participation
- People found that the study information provided was very understandable
- People were overall happy with the study team's responsiveness and communication
- 94% of people would participate again in a future study
- Most people would even recommend others to participate
Why do people participate?
There's a general misconception that participating is like being a guinea pig or that it all revolves around getting paid. Our survey shows that compensation is important but only a part of the reason why people join a research study. People's reasons to participate mainly fall in one of the following buckets, ranked by importance:
- Altruism: Contribution to science/Advance medicine/Help community
- Reward: Compensation/Gift Cards/Money
- Experience: Interest/Fun/Learning something
Also, take a look at the word cloud generated from people's answer to the question 'Why did you choose to participate in the research study?' for a more visual representation.
Thank you!
Without participants there would be no new therapy or medical insight developed. Thanks to everyone who expressed interest in participating in research and help us push medicine forward!
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