To increase trust in clinical research: Be worthy of trust and enhance the role of clinical research nurses

There has been an erosion of trust in medical care and clinical research, and this has raised issues about whether institutions and investigators conducting clinical research are worthy of trust. We review recent literature on research on trust and trustworthiness in the clinical research enterprise...

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Main Authors: Rita K. Devine, Bernadette Capili, Rhonda G. Kost, James G. Krueger, Barry S. Coller
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-01-01
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author Rita K. Devine
Bernadette Capili
Rhonda G. Kost
James G. Krueger
Barry S. Coller
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description There has been an erosion of trust in medical care and clinical research, and this has raised issues about whether institutions and investigators conducting clinical research are worthy of trust. We review recent literature on research on trust and trustworthiness in the clinical research enterprise and identify opportunities to enhance trustworthiness, which will likely increase participant trust in clinical research. In addition, we review materials reporting the results of national polls related to the public’s trust in different occupations. The literature on trustworthiness and trust is complex and suffers from a lack of agreement on definitions of trust and trustworthiness and actions to enhance trustworthiness. Nonetheless, institutions need to take action to address the many elements that contribute to being perceived as trustworthy. As a complementary approach, since nurses have consistently ranked highest on trust by the public for twenty-two straight years, we analyze the features that likely account for the public’s uniform high regard for nurses. We propose specific actions to enhance the role of research nurses in the research enterprise, without compromising their primary role as participant advocates, that we have adopted at Rockefeller University to gain the benefits of the public’s trust in nurses in building trustworthiness.
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spelling doaj-art-974cd3e6e8d54f10a4ba910384f357952025-01-16T21:52:20ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612024-01-01810.1017/cts.2024.661To increase trust in clinical research: Be worthy of trust and enhance the role of clinical research nursesRita K. Devine0Bernadette Capili1Rhonda G. Kost2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5419-0589James G. Krueger3Barry S. Coller4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-7155Center for Clinical and Translational Science, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USACenter for Clinical and Translational Science, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USACenter for Clinical and Translational Science, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USACenter for Clinical and Translational Science, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USACenter for Clinical and Translational Science, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USAThere has been an erosion of trust in medical care and clinical research, and this has raised issues about whether institutions and investigators conducting clinical research are worthy of trust. We review recent literature on research on trust and trustworthiness in the clinical research enterprise and identify opportunities to enhance trustworthiness, which will likely increase participant trust in clinical research. In addition, we review materials reporting the results of national polls related to the public’s trust in different occupations. The literature on trustworthiness and trust is complex and suffers from a lack of agreement on definitions of trust and trustworthiness and actions to enhance trustworthiness. Nonetheless, institutions need to take action to address the many elements that contribute to being perceived as trustworthy. As a complementary approach, since nurses have consistently ranked highest on trust by the public for twenty-two straight years, we analyze the features that likely account for the public’s uniform high regard for nurses. We propose specific actions to enhance the role of research nurses in the research enterprise, without compromising their primary role as participant advocates, that we have adopted at Rockefeller University to gain the benefits of the public’s trust in nurses in building trustworthiness.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866124006617/type/journal_articleTrustworthinesstrustclinical researchresearch nursinghealth equity
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To increase trust in clinical research: Be worthy of trust and enhance the role of clinical research nurses
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Trustworthiness
trust
clinical research
research nursing
health equity
title To increase trust in clinical research: Be worthy of trust and enhance the role of clinical research nurses
title_full To increase trust in clinical research: Be worthy of trust and enhance the role of clinical research nurses
title_fullStr To increase trust in clinical research: Be worthy of trust and enhance the role of clinical research nurses
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title_short To increase trust in clinical research: Be worthy of trust and enhance the role of clinical research nurses
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trust
clinical research
research nursing
health equity
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