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Table 1 Baseline information of participants and general information about the group session

From: Evaluation of a group-based online informed consent conversation (eConsent) in participants from a low-risk vaccination clinical trial

Participant characteristics

Group eConsent (n = 360)

Sex

 Male

90 (25.0%)

 Female

270 (75.0%)

Age (in years)

47 [37–53]a

Occupation

 Administrator/assistant

55 (15%)

 Doctors

22 (6%)

 Facility workers

9 (3%)

 Managers/team leaders

41 (11%)

 Nurses

27 (8%)

 Support staff in clinics/urgent care unit

5 (1%)

 Support staff in outpatient clinics

4 (1%)

 Researchers

78 (22%)

 Othersb

117 (33%)

 Unknown

2 (1%)

Number of participants per digital session

 Less than 5 participants

101 (28.1%)

 Between 5 to 10 participants

204 (56.7%)

 Between 11 to 15 participants

44 (12.2%)

 More than 15 participants

11 (3.1%)

Location where participant joined the digital session

 Home

194 (53.9%)

 Work

163 (45.3%)

 Other

3 (0.8%)

  1. aAge reported here as median [IQR]
  2. bOthers include occupations such as data manager, research analyst, communication advisor, receptionist, electrical engineer, and legal advisor