Table 3 Reporting information about an ethics committee involvement
Variable | N (%)* |
|---|---|
Statement about an ethics committee reported in the total sample (N = 2053)? | |
Yes No | 939 (46) 1114 (54) |
Statement about an ethics committee reported in case reports? (N = 1758) | |
Yes No | 771 (44) 987 (56) |
Statement about an ethics committee reported in case series? (N = 295) | |
Yes No | 168 (57) 127 (43) |
Did ethics committee statement report that the authors obtained approval of an ethics committee? | |
Yes No Unclear | 492 (24) 368 (18) 79 (3.8) |
Reasons for not obtaining an ethics committee approval (N = 231) | |
Formal ethical approval for case report not required in accordance with the institutional policy It is not explained why ethical approval is not required Exemption from ethical approval, but it is not explained why it was exempt. Ethical review and approval was not required for the study on human participants in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements. Not required because the patient provided written informed consent for the publication of this report The article does not contain any experiments with human participants. | 91 (28) 49 (13) 42 (11) 33 (8.9) 10 (2.7) 6 (1.6) |