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Table 2 Research ethics committee (REC) replies to a fictitious research protocol (A study mixing care and research in intervention, case 2 in Additional file 1 ): how they assumed their REC would decide and whether they agreed with the decision, numbers 1 (n of respondents = 18)

From: Varying ethics rules in clinical research and routine patient care – research ethics committee chairpersons’ views in Finland

 

REC decision

Own ethical view

  

Agreed2

Somewhat2

No2

Accept no informed consent (IC)

8

5

3

0

IC for intervention from collective

3

3

0

0

IC for data collection from collective

1

0

0

1

IC from patients for intervention and data collection

8

5

3

0

Other

1

1

0

0

  1. 1In REC decisions REC chairperson could choose more than one option.
  2. 2Agreed: chairperson agreed fully; Somewhat: chairperson agreed somewhat; No: did not agree.