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English translation: the subject would be compensated or not

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English term or phrase:	paid work/unpaid work
English translation:	the subject would be compensated or not
Entered by:	Yasutomo Kanazawa

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09:04 Sep 16, 2009

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Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / clinical trial

English term or phrase: paid work/unpaid work

Subject Number, Date of Birth, Screen Date, Screen Fail Date, Enrolment Date, Paid Work/Unpaid Work
[what does it mean in the context of a clinical trial?]

jmarcin2

the subject would be compensated or not

Explanation:
It means that the person (subject) participating in clinical trials would either be paid or not depending on the trials.

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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 18:41

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Summary of answers provided
4	refers to loss of productivity	corbettb
4	the subject would be compensated or not	Yasutomo Kanazawa

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

3 mins confidence:

the subject would be compensated or not

Explanation:
It means that the person (subject) participating in clinical trials would either be paid or not depending on the trials.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 18:41
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Shera Lyn Parpia: being part of a trial can't be considered work. /It would be unethical and unreliable if the experimental subject was paid. And in any case I doubt it could be considered "work"

7 mins

-> Why can't being a part of a trial be considered work? From little context above, I imagined there are subjects (people) who gathered to be experimented on clinical trial, i.e testing of whether the newly developped drug is effective or not.

agree

Goldcoaster

38 mins

-> Thank you Goldcoaster

neutral

jccantrell: I agree with Shera. It may be a question for the participant to answer as to whether something that he/she does on a regular basis might skew the test results.--XX--Yes, that is exactly what I mean.

5 hrs

-> Thanks for your comments. You mean the if the subject is doing paid work or not (i.e. employed or unemployed, or doing voluntary work) in their daily lives?

disagree

Tina Vonhof: It refers to their 'employment status' and it would have been better if they had used that term.

7 hrs

1 day7 hrs confidence:

refers to loss of productivity

Explanation:
one of the parameters of the clinical trial

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00237419

corbettb
Canada
Local time: 01:41
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