Table 2. Worked example for a simple study.
Volunteers attend for collection of a complex data set in which the process of travel (2 hours) and study completion (4 hours) takes 6 hours including a large volume blood test. They re-attend on a second occasion taking 2 hours of travel as before but only 2 hours of time at facility with a smaller blood test. This example using the Malawi table shows the remuneration for a participant who travelled 15km round trip (900MK), was provided lunch (1500MK) in a day that involved 6 hours of attendance and one large blood sample and was then followed up on a second visit which required 2 hrs time in travel and 2 hours at the facility (hence 10 hours total) and a small blood sample. Remuneration was MK12550. The US dollar exchange rate was 719 MK to the dollar.
| MALAWI RESEARCH
PARTICIPANT REMUNERATION |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Reimburse Expenses | Rate in MK | Number of events | Total |
| a) Transport - see Note A | 900 | 2 | 1800 |
| b) Subsistence (one meal) | 1500 | 1 | 1500 |
| c) Accommodation (one night) | 15000 | 0 | 0 |
| Compensation | |||
| a) Time - see Note B | |||
| Total time in hours travelling | 4 | ||
| Total time in hours at facility | 6 | ||
| Time in days (day = 8hrs) | 1000 | 1.25 | 1250 |
| b) Burden - see Note C | 0 | ||
| Procedure A | 2000 | 1 | 2000 |
| Procedure B | 6000 | 1 | 6000 |
| Procedure C | 10000 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL for study- see Note D | 12550 |