Reporting incidental findings from non-biological assessments in human subject research

• Published in: Research ethics review Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 241 - 249
• Main Authors: Pingitore, Alyssa, Mack, Ashley, Zhang, Justin, Devine, Eric G, Doerr, Jackson, Denneen, Caroline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2022; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Alcohol Abuse; Autism; Check Lists; Data Analysis; Diabetes; Diseases; Ethics; Futures (of Society); Health; Health Behavior; Medical Research; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Research Methodology; Risk; Risk Assessment; Screening Tests; results in reporting; non-biological incidental findings; research ethics; Incidental findings

Incidental findings in research with human participants may have implications for a person’s present health or future health outcomes. Current guidelines focus on methods for handling and reporting incidental findings from biological test data but incidental findings might also arise from non-biolog...