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Table 2 Breakdown of REACH respondents

From: The challenges and potential solutions of achieving meaningful consent amongst research participants in northern Thailand: a qualitative study

Respondents (number)

Interviews (number)

Other interviews (number)

Group 1: Research participants & their family members from the linked scrub typhus studies (19)

Research participants (14)

Family members (5)

Second interviews (4: 3 with research participants, 1 with a family member)

Group 2: Research staff from the linked scrub typhus studies (9)

Research nurses (3)

Senior research physicians (2)

Hospital nurses (2)

Ethics committee members (2)

Dyadic interview with 2 research nurses (1)

Group 3: Key community informants (9)

Primary care nurses (3, 1 is also a research nurse)

Research nurse (1)

Doctors and researchers (2)

Village Chief (1)

Director of a non-profit organisation (1)

Informal translator & ex-village health volunteer (1)

 

Total = 37

  
  1. Reprinted from Greer et al. Vulnerability and agency in research participants’ daily lives and the research encounter: A qualitative case study of participants taking part in scrub typhus research in northern Thailand. PLoS One. 2023;18(1):e0280056. Epub 2023/01/26. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280056. License CC BY [6]