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. 2016 Aug 31;6(8):e011973. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011973

Table 3.

Time taken to issue an opinion (clock times)

Number of applications, mean (SD) days to final opinion May–November 2012 (baseline) May–November 2013 (intervention period) Total
Ethics officer REC 33.3 (11.9), n=171 32.0 (9.6), n=182 32.6 (10.8), n=353
Comparator REC 32.6 (13.2), n=531 32.9 (10.7), n=502 32.7 (12.0), n=1033
Total 32.8 (12.9), n=702 32.6 (10.4), n=684 32.7 (11.7), n=1386

REC, research ethics committee.