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Table 1 Characteristics of Research Ethics Committees (n = 12)

From: Identifying structures, processes, resources and needs of research ethics committees in Egypt

Characteristic

Frequency of RECs

Type of researches that are reviewed

 

   Master's thesis

67% (8/12)

   PhD thesis

75% (9/12)

   Drug trials

73% (8/11)

   International research

58% (7/12)

Existence of Standard Operating Procedures

83% (10/12)

Policies to manage conflicts of interest

58% (7/12)

Existence of a 'hot line' to received participants' complaints

50% (6/12)

Research ethics guidelines rated as 'very appropriate'*

 

   CIOMS

64% (7/11)

   Declaration of Helsinki

78% (7/9)

   IOMS

56% (5/9)

   Belmont Report

14% (1/7)

  1. *Not all of the RECs gave a response to this item