Characteristic

Yes

No

N

%

N

%

Essential documents should be submitted with the request (n = 439)

Identification letter

353

80.4

86

19.6

Data Collection Tools

370

84.3

69

15.7

Informed Consent

337

76.8

102

23.2

Essential documents are requesting since 2015 as per NCBE-KACT guidelines (n = 266)

Investigator’s Curriculum Vitae (C.V)

232

87.2

34

12.8

Investigator’s Ethics Certificate from NCBE

228

85.7

38

14.3

Scientific characteristics of research proposals

Characteristic

Frequency (N)

Percentage (%)

Sample size

Statistically calculated

352

80.2

Not statistically calculated

87

19.8

Inclusion & Exclusion criteria

Provided

370

84.3

Not Provided

69

15.7

Data analysis plan

Yes

356

81.1

No

83

18.9

Study setting

Hospitals

308

70.2

Universities & Schools

60

13.7

PHCCs

34

7.7

Community

26

5.9

Ministry of Health

5

1.1

Others

6

1.4

Classification of study design

Interventional

18

4.1

RCT

11

61.1

Non-RCT

7

38.9

Observational

421

95.9

Cross-sectional

316

75.1

Record review + Audit

74

17.6

Case-control

14

3.3

Cohort

8

1.9

Qualitative

9

2.1