Table 6

Applications to ethics officer RECs with full documentary data available for process evaluation

Proportion of favourable applications availableProportion of provisional applicationsProportion of unfavourable applicationsProportion of all applications included
Baseline period
 REC110/1119/190/029/29 (100%)
 REC28/920/210/128/31 (90%)
 REC30/175/70/55/29 (17%)
 REC40/60/220/10/30 (0%)
 REC58/911/145/524/28 (86%)
 REC64/415/155/524/24 (100%)
Total for all RECs combined30/56 (54%)70/98 (71%)10/17 (59%)110/171 (64%)
Intervention period
 REC12/615/272/419/37 (51%)
 REC26/812/?1/?19/25 (76%)
 REC35/195/?3/?13/37 (35%)
 REC40/180/100/10/29 (0%)
 REC58/1116/201/125/32 (78%)
 REC65/615/194/624/31 (77%)
Total for all RECs combined26/68 (38%)63/110 (57%)11/19 (58%)100/192 (52%)
  • REC, research ethics committee.