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Table 3 Percentage of consent preferences across scenarios

From: The acceptability of conducting data linkage research without obtaining consent: lay people’s views and justifications

 

Consent should be sought

Consent need not be sought

Notification only

Scenario 1

35 % (n = 9)

58 % (n = 15)

8 % (n = 2)

Scenario 2

19 % (n = 5)

73 % (n = 19)

8 % (n = 2)

Scenario 3

15 % (n = 4)

85 % (n = 22)

0 % (n = 0)

Scenario 4

69 % (n = 18)

12 % (n = 3)

19 % (n = 5)