Table 1 Ethical review of studies published in leading nursing journals between 2015 and 2017
Journal | Number of studies (N, %) | Informed consent in prospective studies (N, %) | Ethical approval (N, %) | Ethical statement (N, %) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Prospective studies | Retrospective studies | Total | Written consent obtained | Oral consent obtained | Other consent type | The consent type not reported | Waived or not required | |||
International Journal of Nursing Studies | 330 | 300 (90.9) | 30 (9.1) | 259 (86.3) | 159 (61.4) | 15 (5.8) | 4 (1.5) | 76 (29.4) | 5 (1.9) | 324 (98.2) | 38 (11.5) |
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing | 170 | 160 (94.1) | 10 (5.9) | 151 (88.8) | 104 (68.9) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (2.0) | 43 (28.4) | 0 | 164 (96.5) | 107 (62.9) |
Journal of Family Nursing | 45 | 45 (100) | 0 | 41 (91.1) | 32 (78.1) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 8 (19.5) | 0 | 43 (95.6) | 4 (8.9) |
Nurse Education Today | 621 | 611 (98.4) | 10 (1.6) | 525 (85.9) | 217 (41.3) | 16 (3.1) | 62 (11.8) | 229 (43.6) | 1 (0.2) | 567 (91.3) | 32 (51.5) |
Birth-issues in Perinatal Care | 118 | 69 (58.5) | 49 (41.5) | 61 (88.4) | 37 (60.7) | 4 ((6.6) | 1 (1.6) | 19 (31.1) | 0 | 105 (89.0) | 0 |
Total | 1284 | 1185 (92.3) | 99 (7.7) | 1037 (87.5) | 549 (52.9) | 37 (3.6) | 70 (6.8) | 375 (36.2) | 6 (0.5) | 1203 (93.7) | 181 (14.1) |