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Table 1 Flesch reading ease scores of the assessed RICFs

From: Readability of health research informed consent forms: case of the National Health Research Ethics Committee in Tanzania

FRE scores

Clinical trials

Non-clinical trials

All studies

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

>70 (Easy-to-read)

2 (5.9)

2 (0.9)

4 (1.5)

60 - 70 (Standard)

9 (26.5)

39 (16.8)

48 (18)

< 60 (Hard-to-read)

23 (67.6)

191 (82.3)

214 (80.5)

Median

59.1

52.6

53.1

Maximum

75.8

71.7

75.8

Minimum

45.3

26.3

26.3