Table 2.

Breakdown of REACH respondents

Respondents (number)	Interviews (number)	Other interviews (number)
Group 1: Research participants & their family members from the linked scrub typhus studies (19)	Research participants (14) Family members (5)	Second interviews (4: 3 with research participants, 1 with a family member)
Group 2: Research staff from the linked scrub typhus studies (9)	Research nurses (3) Senior research physicians (2) Hospital nurses (2) Ethics committee members (2)	Dyadic interview with 2 research nurses (1)
Group 3: Key community informants (9)	Primary care nurses (3, 1 is also a research nurse) Research nurse (1) Doctors and researchers (2) Village Chief (1) Director of a non-profit organisation (1) Informal translator & ex-village health volunteer (1)
Total = 37

Reprinted from Greer et al. Vulnerability and agency in research participants’ daily lives and the research encounter: A qualitative case study of participants taking part in scrub typhus research in northern Thailand. PLoS One. 2023;18(1):e0280056. Epub 2023/01/26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280056. License CC BY [6]