From: Cross-cultural validation of the IRB Researcher Assessment Tool: Chinese Version
Characteristics | Total (N = 470) | |
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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 3Â months (%) | Yes | 107 (22.8%) |
No | 363 (77.2%) | |
Received ethics training in the last 3Â 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%) |