Table 2.

Opened and closed questions

Questions		Sex
		Male			Female
		n = 40			n = 32
		n	%	n	%
Q1. Have you had blood samples taken?	Yes	36	52.9	32	47.1
	No	4	100.0	0	0
Q2. How many times have you taken blood samples?	None	3	100.0	0	0
	1 to 2	29	52.7	26	47.3
	3 to 4	3	100.0	0	0
	> 5	1	33.3	2	66.7
	NK	4	50.0	4	50.0
Q3. Did you receive any kind of pressure or coercion for the extraction of blood samples?	Yes	11	52.4	10	47.6
	No	19	57.6	14	42.4
	NK	10	55.6	8	44.4
Q4. Did they explain the purpose of this in your language?	Yes	29	53.7	25	46.3
	No	9	56.3	7	43.8
	NK	2	100.0	0	0
What did you understand of the purpose?	Some diseases	26	59.1	18	40.9
	Medical checks	1	50.0	1	50.0
	Hepatitis	3	42.9	4	57.1
	Paludism	1	33.3	2	66.7
	NK	9	56.3	7	43.7
Q5. Did you sign any type of informed consent prior to the extraction?	Yes	8	66.7	4	33.3
	No	26	55.3	21	44.7
	NK	6	46.2	7	53.8
Q6. Was it national or foreign personnel that approached you for the study?	National	15	62.5	9	37.5
	Foreign	11	45.8	13	54.2
	Both	5	71.4	2	28.6
	NK	9	52.9	8	47.1
Q8. Do you know anyone who has had blood samples taken?	Yes	34	56.7	26	43.3
	No	0	0.0	0	0.0
	NK	6	50.0	6	50.0
Q10. Were there sick people in your community at the time of?	Yes	1	50.0	1	50.0
	No	18	56.3	14	43.8
	NK	21	55.3	17	44.7
Q11. Did the physicians return to perform some type of treatment related to the samples?	Yes	0	0.0	0	0.0
	No	38	55.9	30	44.1
	NK	2	50.0	2	50.0
Q12. Did they tell you that the samples were going to be moved out of Ecuador?	Yes	8	61.5	5	38.5
	No	28	51.9	26	48.1
	NK	4	80.0	1	20.0
Q13. Would you agree that your blood or a product of it is marketed by third parties?	Yes	0	0	0	0
	No	38	54.3	32	45.7
	NK	2	100.0	0	0
Q14. Do you think your rights were affected in any way?	Yes	31	54.4	26	45.6
	No	0	0.0	0	0.0
	NK	9	60.0	6	40.0

NK not know