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Table 2 Percentage of informed consent forms clearly communicating each of the criteria for transparency before and after research ethics board review (n = 184)

From: Transparency of informed consent in pilot and feasibility studies is inadequate: a single-center quality assurance study

Item

Percentage of originally submitted studies with consent forms including the criteria (%) (95% confidence interval)

Percent of revised studies with consent forms including the criteria (%) (95% confidence interval)

“Pilot/feasibility” in title

80.4 (74.7, 86.2)

83.2 (77.7, 88.6)

Definition of pilot/feasibility study

9.2 (5.1, 13.4)

12.0 (7.3, 16.6)

Objectives state assessing feasibility

40.8 (33.7, 47.9)

42.4 (35.3, 49.5)

Specific feasibility objectives

19.6 (13.8, 25.3)

19.6 (13.8, 25.3)

Progression criteria

1.6 (0.0, 3.5)

1.6 (0.0, 3.5)

All five items above

0.5 (0.0, 1.6)

0.5 (0.0, 1.6)

At least one item

87.5 (82.7, 92.3)

89.7 (85.3, 94.1)