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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/87037, first published .
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Detecting and Preventing Fraudulent Participation in Qualitative Research: Content Analysis of Two Multisite Studies

Detecting and Preventing Fraudulent Participation in Qualitative Research: Content Analysis of Two Multisite Studies

Destiny Harden   1 , BA ;   Nicolette Rodriguez   2, 3, 4 , MPH, MD ;   Kristi Roybal   5 , MA, MSW, PhD ;   Tara Coffin   6 , MEd, PhD ;   Gina Johnson   7 , BS ;   Kelley Le Beaux   7 , MA ;   Maria Connolly   5 , BA ;   Jennifer Rountree   5 , PMP, PhD ;   Chinedu Ukaegbu   4 , MPH, MBBS ;   Anna C Revette   8 , PhD ;   Brett Nava-Coulter   8 , MA ;   Alyson Caruso   4 , BS ;   Jane Roberts   8 , PhD ;   Suzanne Brodney   9 , PhD ;   Kimberly Schoolcraft   10 , MBA ;   Sapna Syngal   2, 3, 4 , MPH, MD ;   David A Drew   11 , PhD ;   Folasade P May   12, 13 , MPhil, PhD, MD ;   Jennifer S Haas   9 , MD ;   Staci J Wendt   5 , PhD ;   Erica T Warner   1 , ScD

1 Clinical Translational and Epidemiology Unit, Mongan Insitute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

2 Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

3 Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

4 Division of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

5 Health Research Accelerator, Providence Research Network, Renton, WA, United States

6 WIRB-Copernicus Group Institutional Review Board, Cary, NC, United States

7 Health Promotion and Disease Department, Great Plains Tribal Health, Rapid City, SD, United States

8 Survey and Qualitative Methods Core, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

9 Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

10 Research Advocacy Training and Support Program, Fight Colorectal Cancer, Springfield, MO, United States

11 Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

12 Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

13 Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Erica T Warner, ScD
  • Clinical Translational and Epidemiology Unit, Mongan Insitute
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 100 Cambridge Street
  • Boston, MA 02114
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 617 724 9516
  • Email: ewarner@mgh.harvard.edu