Time (days) from submission to approval, approval to reception and from submission to reception of the research ethics committees’ (RECs) evaluations. Results for full sample of approved applications (n = 183) and by characteristics of RECs
| Submission to approval | Approval to reception | Submission to reception | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD), median, range | p Value | Mean (SD), median, range | p Value | Mean (SD), median, range | p Value | |
| NA, not applicable; NS, not significant; n, number of RECs with a given characteristic. | ||||||
| Full sample (n = 62 RECs) | 55.7 (33.7), 48, 7–188 | NA | 16.9 (22.2), 10, 0–195 | NA | 72.4 (39.1), 62, 14–236 | NA |
| Evaluation fee | ||||||
| Yes | 50.4 (30.8), 45, 7–174 | 16 (18.7), 9, 0–105 | 66.3 (35), 60, 14–186 | |||
| n = 40 | 0.001 | NS | 0.002 | |||
| No | 69.1 (37.1), 69, 15–188 | 19 (25.5), 14, 0–195 | 88.04 (44.7), 81, 29–236 | |||
| n = 22 | ||||||
| No of members | ||||||
| ⩾14 | 52 (30.5), 47, 7–150 | 17.7 (19.3), 13, 0–105 | 69.7 (34.3), 62, 14–182 | |||
| n = 33 | NS | NS | NS | |||
| <14 | 60.7 (35.8), 52, 14–174 | 15.4 (26.7), 8, 0–195 | 75.2 (45.4), 60, 18–236 | |||
| n = 29 | ||||||