ETHICS

Ethics in Quantitative Study

Ethics in Quantitative study

Objective

To describe, qualitatively and quantitatively the impact of a review by multiple institutional review boards (IRB) to conduct an observational study of multisided health services research.

Design

Sequential explanatory mixed methods design incorporating qualitative and quantitative elements in order.

Data collection and methods of abstraction

Field notes and documents collected by the research staff of health during observational multi-search services were used in thematic analysis. The subjects were quantified descriptively and merged with data assembly.

Main results

Approximately 4,680 hours of staff time over a period of 19 months were devoted exclusively to the IRB process. Four categories of research impact ...