Stacked bar graphs illustrating the relative changes in percentages of eligible infants enrolled, eligible infants approached but consent refused (any reason), and families not approached (NA) for consent, related to COVID-19 restrictions on clinical research, parent or staff unavailability or other reason.
Data are summarized across five study epochs: Pre-COVID-19 epoch (baseline); COVID-1 epoch; COVID-2 epoch; Post-COVID -1 epoch; Post-COVID-2 epoch. The sum of the enrolled plus refused equals the total percent of all families of eligible infants approached for consent. The height of each segment compared to the same segment in other columns reflects the relative change in that variable across the epochs. Of particular note, the sum of the four NA subgroups (15.1%) remains significantly increased compared to only 4.6% in the baseline Pre-COVID epoch.Figure 