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ArticleBMC medical ethics2021

Cross-cultural validation of the IRB Researcher Assessment Tool: Chinese Version.

Xing Liu, Ying Wu, Min Yang, Yang Li, Jessica Hahne, Kaveh Khoshnood, Linda Coleman, Xiaomin Wang

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Article in BMC medical ethics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xing LiuMedical Ethics Committee, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
Ying WuSchool of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha, 410075, Hunan, China.
Min YangXiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
Yang LiSchool of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha, 410075, Hunan, China.
Jessica HahneYale School of Public Health, Yale University, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Kaveh KhoshnoodYale School of Public Health, Yale University, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Linda ColemanHuman Research Protection Program, Yale University, 150 Munson Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
Xiaomin WangCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, People's Republic of China. xiaominwang@csu.edu.cn.
Central South University · CNYale University · USThird Xiangya Hospital · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CN

Funding

Research Ethics Training and Curriculum Development Program with ChinaR25TW007700 · FIC · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KHOSHNOOD, KAVEH · 2011 to 2021
$2.5M
FIC NIH HHS R25 TW007700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUsing an effective method for evaluating Institutional Review Board (IRB) performance is essential for ensuring an IRB's effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance with applicable human research standards and organizational policies. Currently, no empirical research has yet been published in China evaluating IRB performance measures by the use of a standardized tool. This study was therefore conducted to develop a Chinese version of the IRB Researcher Assessment Tool (IRB-RAT), assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese version (IRB-RAT-CV), and validate the tool for use in China.

methodsIn this cultural adaptation, cross-sectional validation study, the IRB-RAT-CV was developed through a back-translation process and then distributed to 587 IRB staff members and researchers in medical institutions and schools in Hunan Province that review biomedical and social-behavioral research. Data from the 470 valid questionnaires collected from participants was used to evaluate the reliability, content validity, and construct validity of the IRB-RAT-CV.

resultsParticipants' ratings of their ideal and actual IRB as measured by the IRB-RAT-CV achieved Cronbach's alpha 0.989 and 0.992, Spearman-Brown coefficient 0.964 and 0.968, and item-total correlation values ranging from 0.631 to 0.886 and 0.743 to 0.910, respectively.

conclusionThe IRB-RAT-CV is a linguistically and culturally applicable tool for assessing the quality of IRBs in China.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonEthics Committees, ResearchChinaCross-Sectional StudiesPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesChinaCross-cultural validationInstitutional Review Board

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PMID34583718
PMCPMC8479956
OpenAlexW3204805711

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