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Table 2 Summary of three major themes and its subthemes derived from the interviews

From: Guardians and research staff experiences and views about the consent process in hospital-based paediatric research studies in urban Malawi: A qualitative study

Themes

Subthemes

Decision making

Benefits

Family role in decision making

Challenges with consent process

Timing of consent

Privacy during consent

Understanding and Comprehension of consent forms

Suggestions to improve consent process

Consent process

Community sensitisation