Table 2.
Table Two. Percentage of Correct Responses, by Group
| According to current federal guidelines... | Prisoner Representative | IRB Chair/Member with Corrections | HIV/AIDS Researcher with Corrections | IRB Chair/Member without Corrections | HIV/AIDS Researcher | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A non-detained individual on probation or parole in the community can be considered a prisoner (false) | 30.7% | 36.3% | 24.2% | 31.1% | 25.1% | 29.8% |
| Continuing IRB review of research protocols that are actively recruiting prisoners as participants requires the presence of a prisoner representative (true) | 80.7% | 86.0% | 73.7% | 72.1% | 49.6% | 72.4% |
| A prisoner representative on the IRB must be a prisoner or former prisoner (false) | 82.0% | 82.0% | 61.3% | 60.9% | 37.4% | 63.3% |
| If multiple IRBs are reviewing a prisoner research protocol, each IRB must have a prisoner representative (false) | 25.6% | 20.3% | 23.1% | 14.0% | 14.1% | 18.0% |
| Research involving prisoners can be reviewed via an expedited review process (true) | 16.6% | 14.4% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 5.8% | 11.8% |
| Studies with more than minimal risk to the participants can be conducted with prisoners once approved by the Office for Human Research Protections (true) | 53.8% | 39.3% | 41.2% | 38.7% | 29.0% | 39.0% |
| Prisoner research review uses a different definition of ‘minimal risk’ than research that does not include a prisoner population (true) | 42.3% | 40.2% | 47.9% | 30.0% | 29.6% | 36.5% |
| Studies with no treatment control groups cannot be conducted with prisoners under any circumstances (false) | 74.3% | 69.1% | 63.4% | 53.3% | 45.1% | 58.9% |
| No member of the IRB (except the IRB prisoner representative) can have any association with the correctional facilities where the research is being conducted, apart from her or his membership on the IRB (false) | 58.9% | 43.7% | 34.5% | 29.2% | 19.3% | 34.0% |
| If a research participant becomes incarcerated during the course of a study, the requirements of Subpart C are not applicable since the study is not focused on a correctional sample (e.g., participants are recruited from a drug treatment setting) (false) | 48.7% | 51.2% | 43.2% | 39.8% | 23.8% | 41.0% |
| Total Correct | 57.3% | 51.1% | 47.1% | 42.4% | 33.1% | 45.0% |