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Table 4 Factors associated with audit outcomes

From: ‘Screening audit’ as a quality assurance tool in good clinical practice compliant research environments

 

Grading

p-value

 

Not a finding

Minor

Major

Critical

Year

 2013

12 (5.1)

104 (44.1)

91 (38.6)

29 (12.3)

0.813a

 2014

4 (13.8)

11 (37.9)

9 (31.0)

5 (17.2)

 2015

10 (11.6)

30 (34.9)

34 (39.5)

12 (14.0)

 2016

2 (3.7)

27 (50.0)

21 (38.9)

4 (7.4)

 2017

1 (1.8)

26 (45.6)

25 (43.9)

5 (8.8)

Risk

 Level 1

13 (4.9)

105 (39.9)

108 (41.1)

37 (14.1)

0.002a

 Level 2

12 (7.9)

67 (44.1)

58 (38.2)

15 (9.9)

 Level 3

4 (12.9)

19 (61.3)

7 (22.6)

1 (3.2)

 Level 4

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (100)

0 (0)

 Undetermined*

0 (0)

7 (46.7)

6 (40.0)

2 (13.3)

Multicenter

 Single center

13 (4.63)

108 (38.43)

121 (43.06)

39 (13.88)

< 0.0001a

 Domestic multicenter

10 (6.17)

83 (51.23)

54 (33.33)

15 (9.26)

 International multicenter

6 (31.58)

7 (36.84)

5 (26.32)

1 (5.26)

Responsible entity

 Investigator initiated

28 (6.15)

195 (42.86)

177 (38.9)

55 (12.09)

0.6248b

 Sponsor initiated

1 (14.28)

3 (42.86)

3 (42.86)

0 (0)

Phase

 Phase1, 1/2, 2, 2/3, 3, 4, PMS, medical-device

11 (10.89)

58 (57.43)

28 (27.72)

4 (3.96)

< 0.0001a

 Non-phase clinical research

18 (4.99)

140 (38.78)

152 (42.11)

51 (14.13)

Department

 Clinical department I

17 (9.5)

86 (48.0)

63 (35.2)

13 (7.3)

0.001a

 Clinical department II

3 (6.7)

18 (40.0)

17 (37.8)

7 (15.6)

 Clinical department III

5 (4.1)

48 (39.0)

48 (39.0)

22 (17.9)

 Supportive departments

4 (4.0)

42 (41.6)

45 (44.6)

10 (9.9)

 Basic Science departments

0 (0)

4 (28.6)

7 (50.0)

3 (21.4)

Total

29 (6.3)

198 (42.9)

180 (39.0)

55 (11.9)

 
  1. *Protocols reviewed by the IRB prior to 2007 did not have their risk level determined
  2. Values are presented as N (%)
  3. aChi-squre test
  4. bFisher’s exact test