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Table 3 Number of words per sentence

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

26.5

Minimum

15.1

8.2

8.2