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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2015 Sep 1;163(5):356–364. doi: 10.7326/M15-0817

Appendix Table 2.

Cross-tabulation of respondents’ recommendation to ethics review board and personal preferences.

Overall (N = 2127) Drug RCT Dose Timing RCT

General Notification (N = 503) Verbal Consent (N = 558) General Notification (N = 543) Verbal Consent (N = 523)

% % % % %
Recommend Written Consent; Prefer Written Consent 60.6 67.8 57.1 57.3 61.0
Recommend Written Consent; Prefer Alternative Option 3.9 3.7 5.4 3.2 3.3
Recommend Alternative Option; Prefer Written Consent 6.9 3.8 7.4 10.0 5.9
Recommend Alternative Option; Prefer Alternative Option 28.6 24.7 30.1 29.5 29.8