Table 3 Reasons for parents’ refusal to participate in health research
From: Parental engagement in research on paediatric lower respiratory tract infections in Indonesia
Reasons not to participate | General health research (n = 124*) N (%) | LRTI research (n = 693†) N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Concerns about the potential negative effect on the child’s health | 58 (46.8) | 395 (57.0) |
Does not perceive a necessity | 46 (37.1) | 210 (30.3) |
Concerns that the intervention(s) would make the children irritable | 31 (25.0) | 182 (26.3) |
Lack of time | 28 (22.6) | 63 (9.1) |
Concerns about personal data being shared with others | 17 (13.7) | 67 (9.7) |
Lack of personal advantages | 7 (5.6) | 23 (3.3) |
Concerned about being stigmatized, recognized as suffering from a disease | 4 (3.2) | 27 (3.9) |
The child is too young | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.0) |
The child refused | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) |
Concerned that medical intervention will lead to psychological trauma of the child | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.4) |
Not sure about the relevance of the study | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.4) |
Concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic situation | 1 (0.8) | 5 (0.7) |
Unspecified | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) |