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Table 3 Participant perceptions of amount of information and satisfaction with eICs

From: Participant comprehension and acceptability of enhanced versus text-only electronic informed consent: an innovative qualitative pilot study

Variable, eIC approach

Response

Participant assignmenta

Total

(n = 24)

Enhanced eIC first (n = 12)

n (%)

Text-only eIC first (n = 12)

n (%)

Perception of amount of information in eIC

 Text-only eIC

Just right

10 (83.3)

9 (75.0)

19 (79.2)

Not enough

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Too much

2 (16.7)

3 (25.0)

5 (20.8)

 Enhanced eIC

Just right

9 (75.0)

10 (83.3)

19 (79.2)

Not enough

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Too much

3 (25.0)

2 (16.7)

5 (20.8)

Satisfaction with eIC

 Text-only eIC

Very satisfied

9 (75.0)

9 (75.0)

18 (75.0)

Pretty satisfied

2 (16.7)

3 (25.0)

5 (20.8)

Pretty unsatisfied

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Very unsatisfied

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Not sure

1 (8.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.2)

 Enhanced eIC

Very satisfied

8 (66.7)

10 (83.3)

18 (75.0)

Pretty satisfied

4 (33.3)

1 (8.3)

5 (20.8)

Pretty unsatisfied

0 (0.0)

1 (8.3)

1 (4.2)

Very unsatisfied

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Not sure

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. eIC electronic informed consent
  2. aSome totals do not equal 100% due to rounding