Table 2.

 Reports from lead researchers (n = 518) and consumers (n = 9) on the different types of research that they had been involved in

Type of health research	Lead researchers’ responses from the full sample (n = 518)	Lead researchers’ responses from projects involving consumers (n = 88)	Responses from consumer participants (n = 9)
Health services research	150	37	4
Clinical trials	111	19	3
Biological and laboratory research	89	6	1
Population‐based research	44	7	0
Other	37	8	0
Research on tissue/DNA samples	30	3	0
Behavioural research	28	7	1
Imaging and technology research	25	1	0
Missing	3	1	0