Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in Nepal
Introduction: The universal health research ethical principles must be adhered to ensure a balance between science and safeguarding participants' rights, safety and dignity. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of research ethics among researche...
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| author | Namita Ghimire Santoshi Adhikari Subhanshi Sharma Rojina Basnet Richa Acharya Shashi Verma Pradip Gyanwali |
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Introduction: The universal health research ethical principles must be adhered to ensure a balance between science and safeguarding participants' rights, safety and dignity. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of research ethics among researchers in Nepal.
Methods: The study was carried out among 449 researchers who submitted proposals for ethical review and approval from the Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council between January 2017 to August 2021. Simple random sampling was done ensuring a proportional representation of researchers from all areas of health research. A structured questionnaire was administered online for data collection.
Results: The participants aged between 23-80 years old consented to complete the survey questionnaire. The median age of the respondents was 35 (23-80) years. Among all the respondents, 52 (11.58%) were unaware about the National Ethical Guideline for Health Research. Similarly, 110 (24.50%) respondents strongly agreed that the ethical review process impairs research and makes it harder for researchers to conduct research; 372 (82.85%) respondents had pursued research activity only after obtaining ethical approval.
Conclusions: Half of the respondents had knowledge on different aspects of research ethics.
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbfbf6e8bee743468f8393eb25c951812024-09-23T18:39:01ZengNepal Medical AssociationJournal of Nepal Medical Association0028-27151815-672X2024-02-016227110.31729/jnma.8492Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in NepalNamita Ghimire0Santoshi Adhikari1Subhanshi Sharma2Rojina Basnet3Richa Acharya4Shashi Verma5Pradip Gyanwali6Nepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu NepalNepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, NepalNepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu NepalNepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu NepalNepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu NepalNepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu NepalNepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu Nepal Introduction: The universal health research ethical principles must be adhered to ensure a balance between science and safeguarding participants' rights, safety and dignity. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of research ethics among researchers in Nepal. Methods: The study was carried out among 449 researchers who submitted proposals for ethical review and approval from the Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council between January 2017 to August 2021. Simple random sampling was done ensuring a proportional representation of researchers from all areas of health research. A structured questionnaire was administered online for data collection. Results: The participants aged between 23-80 years old consented to complete the survey questionnaire. The median age of the respondents was 35 (23-80) years. Among all the respondents, 52 (11.58%) were unaware about the National Ethical Guideline for Health Research. Similarly, 110 (24.50%) respondents strongly agreed that the ethical review process impairs research and makes it harder for researchers to conduct research; 372 (82.85%) respondents had pursued research activity only after obtaining ethical approval. Conclusions: Half of the respondents had knowledge on different aspects of research ethics. https://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/8492ethics; health; Nepal; research; researchers. |
| spellingShingle | Namita Ghimire Santoshi Adhikari Subhanshi Sharma Rojina Basnet Richa Acharya Shashi Verma Pradip Gyanwali Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in Nepal Journal of Nepal Medical Association ethics; health; Nepal; research; researchers. |
| title | Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in Nepal |
| title_full | Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in Nepal |
| title_short | Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Research Ethics among Researchers in Nepal |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practice of research ethics among researchers in nepal |
| topic | ethics; health; Nepal; research; researchers. |
| url | https://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/8492 |
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