From: Readability of health research informed consent forms: case of the National Health Research Ethics Committee in Tanzania
Words per sentence
Clinical trials n(%)
Non-clinical trials n(%)
All studies n(%)
<15 words (Standard)
1(2.9)
48(20.7)
49(18.4)
>15 word (Long)
33(97.1)
184(79.3)
217(81.6)
Median
18.6
17.3
17.4
Maximum
21.5
26.5
Minimum
15.1
8.2