Frowned On: Raising an Eyebrow in Research Participation of Nurses

Not all nurses are averse to participating in a study. The primary purpose of this novel type of study is grounded in the two themes that emerged from this study on why nurses are reluctant to participate in studies. The themes are the following: opinions and reasons why nurses do not want to participate in a study, and motivating factors that might convince them to join the study. The study employed a qualitative research method, utilizing unstructured interviews grounded in Prospect Theory and Incentive Theory. Purposive and Convenience sampling were used to identify participants who used Facebook as a means of communication. The study included 10 participants from the provinces of La Union and Pangasinan, all of whom were nurses working in various fields and met the criteria to be research subjects. Their responses were analyzed through a Sartrean phenomenological-existential lens. The study revealed that there are various reasons why nurses would not like to become participants in studies such as lack of time, lack of benefits, concerns for privacy, ethics, confidentiality, improper explanation of the study's goals and how researchers should improve their ways in convincing would-be participants to join their study such as explaining the study's purpose, maintaining confidentiality and compensation. This study recommends further expansion of the research in the local context to explore other aspects of why participating in research is not a pressing matter for others.