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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Cross-cultural validation of the IRB Researcher Assessment Tool: Chinese Version

Characteristics

Total (N = 470)

Age (mean ± SD, years)

39.86 ± 9.22

Participants (%)

IRB staff

176 (37.5%)

Researcher

277 (58.9%)

Both IRB-related staff and researcher

17 (3.6%)

Sex (%)

Male

186 (39.6%)

Female

284 (60.4%)

Average time in the workforce (mean ± SD, years)

8.41 ± 6.94

Education level (%)

Bachelor's degree or below

105 (22.3%)

Master's degree

209 (44.5%)

Ph.D

156 (33.2%)

Studied abroad for more than 3 months (%)

Yes

107 (22.8%)

No

363 (77.2%)

Received ethics training in the last 3 years (%)

Yes

391 (83.2%)

No

79 (16.8%)

Works at an IRB that has an independent ethics committee office (%)

Yes

373 (79.4%)

No

59 (12.5%)

Do not know

38 (8.1%)

Professional title

Primary level professional title

56 (11.9%)

Intermediate level professional title

155 (33%)

Associate Professor

119 (25.3%)

Professor

96 (20.4%)

None

44 (9.4%)

Institution

Tertiary (level 3) hospital

392 (83.4%)

Secondary (level 2) hospital

13 (2.8%)

Medical school

46 (9.8%)

Life Medicine Research Institute

5 (1%)

Other (law office, colleges, community, centers for disease control and prevention)

14 (3%)

  1. SD = standard deviation; IRB = institutional review board