Table 4.
Parents’ Coded Responses as Most Positive and Most Difficult Aspects of Study.
Most positive aspect of participation (52 respondents) | |
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Response category | (%) |
Contribution to research/science | 59.6 |
Other, e.g., being helpful, learning opportunities | 28.8 |
Child’s enjoyment/participation | 11.5 |
Researchers | 7.7 |
Participating with child | 5.8 |
Compensation | 3.8 |
Most difficult aspect of participation (51 respondents) | |
Response category | (%) |
None/nothing | 56.9 |
Procedure/watching my child in pain/discomfort | 21.6 |
Logistics (e.g. timing, parking, scheduling) | 9.8 |
Other, e.g., the behavior of my child, getting my child to behave, initial study visit, and delay in scheduling final visit | 9.8 |
Answering questions/questionnaires | 7.8 |
Totals exceed 100% as parents sometimes identified more than one theme.