Institutional review boards in Saudi Arabia: the first survey-based report on their functions and operations

• Published in: BMC medical ethics Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 50 - 8
• Main Authors: AlFattani, Areej, AlBedah, Norah, AlShahrani, Asma, Alkawi, Ammar, AlMeharish, Amani, Altwaijri, Yasmin, Omar, Abeer, AlKawi, M. Zuheir, Khogeer, Asim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.07.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Approval; Biomedical Research; Chairpersons; Committees; Compliance; Cross-Sectional Studies; Ethical aspects; Ethics Committees, Research; Functions; Gender; Human subjects; Humans; Institutional review board; Institutional review boards (Research ethics); Medical ethics; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Meetings; Practice guidelines (Medicine); Questionnaires; Research ethics; Research ethics committee; Review; Review boards; Roles; Saudi Arabia; Self evaluation; Self Report; Services; Statistical analysis; Surveys; Saudi Arabia; Arab countries; Research ethics committee; Institutional review board; Functions; Roles; Review; Approval; Protocol

Institutional review boards (IRBs) are formally designated to review, approve, and monitor biomedical research. They are responsible for ensuring that researchers comply with the ethical guidelines concerning human research participants. Given that IRBs might face different obstacles that cause dela...