| Canada | United States | United Kingdom | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
 | (N = 60) | (N = 86) | (N = 43) | (N = 189) |
Response rate | 39.2% (60/153) | 32.3% (86/266) | 35.0% (43/123) | 34.9% (189/542) |
Ethics committee characteristics | ||||
Year established | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<1990 | 23 (42.6)a | 66 (84.6) | 10 (27.0) | 99 (58.6) |
1990 to 1999 | 14 (25.9) | 9 (11.5) | 13 (35.1) | 36 (21.3) |
> = 2000 | 17 (31.5) | 3 (3.9) | 14 (37.8) | 34 (20.1) |
# Protocols/month (Median, Q1-Q3) | 5 (3 to 20) | 30 (10 to 60) | 8 (7 to 8) | 10 (5 to 37.5) |
Type of committee b | Â | Â | Â | Â |
University | 18 (30.0) | 49 (57.0) | 8 (18.6) | 75 (39.7) |
Hospital/healthcare | 41 (68.3) | 41 (47.7) | - | 82 (56.2) |
National Research Ethics Service | - | - | 31 (72.1) | 31 (16.0) |
Other nonprofit | 2 (3.33) | 9 (10.5) | 0 | 11 (5.8) |
Other for-profit | 5 (8.3) | 2 (2.3) | 0 | 7 (3.7) |
Number of CRTs /year | Â | Â | Â | Â |
None | 18 (32.7) | 3 (8.1) | 27 (34.6) | 48 (28.2) |
1 to 5 | 35 (63.6) | 28 (75.7) | 38 (48.7) | 101 (59.4) |
>5 | 2 (3.6) | 6 (16.2) | 13 (16.7) | 21 (12.3) |
Have guidelines in place for CRTs | 0 | 3 (3.8) | 0 | 3 (1.7) |
Aware of guidelines for CRTs | 1 (1.8) | 3 (3.8) | 4 (10.8) | 8 (4.7) |
Ethics Chair characteristics | ||||
Years experience as chair | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<2 | 9 (16.4) | 12 (15.2) | 9 (24.3) | 30 (17.5) |
2 to 5 | 27 (49.1) | 28 (35.4) | 12 (32.4) | 67 (39.2) |
>5 | 19 (34.5) | 39 (49.3) | 16 (43.2) | 74 (43.3) |
Years experience as member | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<6 | 26 (47.3) | 24 (30.4) | 13 (35.1) | 63 (36.8) |
6 to 10 | 18 (32.7) | 21 (26.6) | 16 (43.2) | 55 (32.2) |
>10 | 11 (20.0) | 34 (43.0) | 8 (21.6) | 53 (31.0) |
Highest degrees c | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Doctorate | 24 (43.6) | 36 (45.0) | 17 (46.0) | 77 (44.8) |
Medical | 23 (41.8) | 43 (53.8) | 13 (35.1) | 79 (45.9) |
Masters | 16 (29.1) | 10 (12.5) | 11 (29.7) | 37 (21.5) |
Undergraduate | 4 (7.3) | 4 (10.8) | 2 (2.5) | 10 (5.8) |