Document Type
Psychometric instrument
Trust in Medical Researchers Scale
Year:
Year
2006
Mainous and colleagues report the development and validation of the 12-item Trust in Medical Resesearchers Scale. This scale is designed to be self-administered. Several scale items assess concerns about research participation that may be unique to populations with documented mistrust in medicine. It could be used to assess barriers to participation in research and inform recruitment strategies. Item descriptions are available in Table 1 of the linked publication.
Research Population:
Research Population
Adults
Citation:
Citation Title
Mainous, A. G., Smith, D. W., Geesey, M. E., & Tilley, B. C. (2006). Development of a measure to assess patient trust in medical researchers. The Annals of Family Medicine, 4(3), 247-252.
Citation Link
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.541
Validation(s)
Validation Text
Cunningham-Erves, J., Villalta-Gil, V., Wallston, K. A., Boyer, A. P., & Wilkins, C. H. (2019). Racial differences in two measures of trust in biomedical research. Journal of clinical and translational science, 3(2-3), 113-119.
Mainous, A. G., Smith, D. W., Geesey, M. E., & Tilley, B. C. (2006). Development of a measure to assess patient trust in medical researchers. The Annals of Family Medicine, 4(3), 247-252.
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