Maintaining Pediatric Research Integrity with Remote Assessments

When conducting psychiatric trials with children during global health emergencies, specialized approaches are essential to protect this vulnerable population while maintaining scientific validity.

This peer-reviewed article provides critical insights on transitioning from in-person to remote assessment methodologies without compromising data quality or participant safety.

Children represent a uniquely protected population in research contexts, requiring additional safeguards when shifting to virtual environments.

Key considerations include establishing emergency response protocols, ensuring caregiver availability, verifying technical capabilities, maintaining data access for clinical decision-making, and implementing appropriate visualization methods for assessment scales requiring physical observation of symptoms.

This article was published in the Journal for Clinical Studies, Volume 12 Issue 4, and authored by Dr. Joan Busner, Clinical Vice President at Signant Health with over 30 years of experience in clinical trials.