New research by the Recruitment Innovation Center (RIC) found that culturally tailored studies can be good experiences for Latinx participants and that a perception survey can be administered successfully to evaluate and improve their research experience.
The Salud Estres y Resilencia (SER) Hispano study is a longitudinal cohort study of young adult Latinx immigrants who completed the Research Participant Perception Survey (RPPS) to assess their experiences.
“This paper, led by the CTSI RIC team, demonstrates that research studies can be successfully designed for populations who are often underrepresented in clinical research, as evidenced by the satisfaction of Latinx participants of the SER Hispano study,” said Ranee Chatterjee, MD, MPH, director of the CTSI Clinical Research Unit and co-director of the RIC. “This study also demonstrates that the RPPS can be a tool to capture satisfaction with research and guide research programs to be successful.”
The RIC team, along with the Duke Office for Clinical Research (DOCR), plan to roll out implementation of the perception survey on a wider scale for Duke clinical research, Chatterjee said.
The study found that the survey was particularly successful when administered by more than one method, including telephone. The paper was published by the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.