Identifying and counteracting fraudulent responses in online recruitment for health research: a scoping review
Objectives This study aimed to describe how health researchers identify and counteract fraudulent responses when recruiting participants online. Design Scoping review. Eligibility criteria Peer-reviewed studies published in English; studies that report on the online recruitment of participants for health research; and studies that specifically describe methodologies or strategies to detect and address fraudulent responses during the online recruitment of research participants. Sources of evidence Nine databases, including Medline, Informit, AMED, CINAHL, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, IEEE Xplore, Scopus and Web of Science, were searched from inception to April 2024. Charting methods Two authors independently screened and selected each study and performed data extraction, following the Joanna Briggs Institute’s methodological guidance for scoping reviews and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. A predefined framewor
