Primary Care Physicians and Medical Student's Attitudes towards Anabolic Androgenic Steroid (AAS) users
About the Project & Consent
This is a research project being conducted by Neha Prasad Ainsworth at Kingston University. You are invited to participate in this research project because you are either a primary care physician (a GP) or a medical student.
The research is regarding the attitudes of primary care physicians and medical students towards Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid (AAS) users.
There are 9 demographic questions and 37 topic-related questions.
Your participation in this research study is voluntary. You may choose not to participate. If you decide to participate in this research survey, you may withdraw at any time. If you decide not to participate in this study or if you withdraw from participating at any time, you will not be penalised.
The procedure involves filling an online survey that will take approximately 5-10 minutes. Your responses will be confidential and we do not collect identifying information such as your name, email address or IP address.
We will do our best to keep your information confidential. All data is stored in a password protected electronic format. To help protect your confidentiality, the surveys will not contain information that will personally identify you. The results of this study will be used for scholarly purposes only (including publication) and may be shared with Kingston University academics involved in the study.
The data collected will be analysed as a whole, not individually. Data will be analysed quantitatively.
If you require any advice, have questions, concerns or complaints regarding the research study, please contact the primary researcher Neha Ainsworth (Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, KT1 2EE) via email at k1545825@kingston.ac.uk or telephone (mobile phone number: 07588867849).
Alternatively, please contact the student's supervisors:
Professor Andrea Petroczi, Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, KT1 2EE
Professor Philip Terry Interim Associate Dean Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, KT1 2EE Telephone: 0208 417 7161 Email: p.terry@kingston.ac.uk
Additionally, if you feel it is necessary, please contact the Dean of The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University: Professor Simon Morgan Wortham, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE. Telephone: 0208 417 2916 Email: s.morganwortham@kingston.ac.uk
The research has been subjected to ethical scrutiny by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University London and has received a favourable ethical opinion. Due to the conditions attached to this ethical opinion, we request that you complete this survey in a non-workplace environment.
We would be grateful if you could send this study to any friends or colleagues you would consider to be suitable for this study.
If you feel affected by any of the topics discussed, we recommend you visit www.talktofrank.com
ELECTRONIC CONSENT: Please select your choice below.
Clicking on the "I consent" button below indicates that:
• you have read the above information • you voluntarily agree to participate • you are at least 18 years of age • If a physician: you currently practice in the UK or if retired, worked in the UK prior to retiring within the UK.
• If a medical student: you are currently studying a primary medical qualification (MBBS or equivalent) in the UK.
