TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical review procedures in international internet-based intervention studies
AU - Looijmans, Anne
AU - Spahrkäs, Simon S.
AU - Sanderman, Robbert
AU - Hagedoorn, Mariët
N1 - Funding Information:
This manuscript is based on our experiences in setting up an international randomized controlled trial, the Untire app study. Tired of Cancer B.V. received a Grant of the European Union: Phase II ? SMEInst-06-2016-2017: Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being, and Ageing Well. The Untire app study is funded by this grant. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The University Medical Center Groningen received funding from Tired of Cancer B.V. the developer of the Untire app, to study its effectiveness independently. Independence is declared in a research agreement. No data was collected for writing this manuscript.
Funding Information:
This manuscript is based on our experiences in setting up an international randomized controlled trial, the Untire app study. Tired of Cancer B.V. received a Grant of the European Union: Phase II – SMEInst-06-2016-2017: Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being, and Ageing Well. The Untire app study is funded by this grant. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The University Medical Center Groningen received funding from Tired of Cancer B.V., the developer of the Untire app, to study its effectiveness independently. Independence is declared in a research agreement.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - International internet-based studies could be accessible by participants from various countries worldwide. However, the jurisdiction of research ethics committees (RECs) or institutional review boards (IRBs) is bound to geographical state or country borders. How can researchers deal with the geographical boundaries in the jurisdiction of RECs/IRBs versus the worldwide, open character of international internet-based research? Should ethical approval be sought in each country where participants will be recruited? In this paper, we want to share our challenges in setting up the ethical review procedures in an international internet-based mHealth intervention study, to further the discussion on ethical procedures in internet-based research.
AB - International internet-based studies could be accessible by participants from various countries worldwide. However, the jurisdiction of research ethics committees (RECs) or institutional review boards (IRBs) is bound to geographical state or country borders. How can researchers deal with the geographical boundaries in the jurisdiction of RECs/IRBs versus the worldwide, open character of international internet-based research? Should ethical approval be sought in each country where participants will be recruited? In this paper, we want to share our challenges in setting up the ethical review procedures in an international internet-based mHealth intervention study, to further the discussion on ethical procedures in internet-based research.
KW - Ethical review
KW - International study
KW - Internet-based research
KW - Research ethics committees
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85120831805
U2 - 10.1016/j.invent.2021.100487
DO - 10.1016/j.invent.2021.100487
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85120831805
SN - 2214-7829
VL - 28
JO - Internet interventions
JF - Internet interventions
M1 - 100487
ER -