Table 1. Description of informed consent meetings with investigators.

Characteristics of the consent meetings		No. of participants
No. of potential participants observed	20	Consented: 17 Not consented: 3 Consent withdrawn:1 Screen failure: 1
No. of consenting investigators	4	Investigator 1 (PI): 11 Investigator 2: 3 Investigator 3: 5 Investigator 4: 1
No. of consent meetings in which Research Nurse (RN) was present	18	RN 1: 14 RN 2: 4
No. of meetings required for giving informed consent	(17 consents)	Consented in first meeting: 14 Consented in second meeting: 3
No. of questions asked by participants in consent meetings		0 question : 4 1 question : 2 2 questions : 5 3 questions : 4 4 questions : 2 5 questions: 2 6 questions: 1
Duration of consent meetings	(20 meetings)	Average duration : 32 mins. Maximum duration : 90 mins. Minimum duration: 15 mins.
Accompanying person/s in consent meetings	(20 participants)	None: 13 Spouse/partner: 5 Mother: 1 Friend: 1