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TABLE 2—

Respondent’s Experience With the Informed Consent Process

Topic	Reported Being Told About Topic by Study Staff, %	Felt Informed About Topic, %	Demonstrated Knowledge of Specific Details, %
Purpose of the study	77	67	80^a
Risks of the study	61	65	18–45^b
No. of clinic visits	88	84	78
Way treatments are assigned	84	71	19^c
Option of quitting	64	67	65

^aRecognized that the reason the study was being conducted was to find the best treatment for children with malaria.

^b18% were able to name 1 or more side effects; 45% recognized 1 or more in multiple-choice questions (Table 3 ▶).

^cAlthough 88% knew that all children would receive treatment for malaria, only 19% knew that not all children would receive the same drugs (Table 3 ▶).