Overall ethics implementation attitude to MAI social experiments among physicians, nurses and health information technicians in paediatrics (N=322)
| Attitude | Disagree, n (%) | Neutral, n (%) | Agree, n (%) |
| A1 AI experts should be involved in the research ethics committee for MAI social experiments in paediatrics. | 18 (5.4) | 66 (19.9) | 248 (74.7) |
| A2 Principles, norms and guidelines on implementing ethics in MAI social experiments in paediatrics should be easy to understand and be transformed into a workable process. | 5 (1.5) | 47 (14.2) | 280 (84.3) |
| A3 Ethical researchers should be involved in MAI social experiments in paediatrics. | 4 (1.2) | 56 (16.9) | 272 (81.9) |
| A4 A unified ethical review can be a barrier to performing MAI social experiments in paediatrics. | 87 (26.2) | 139 (41.9) | 106 (31.9) |
| A5 Clarified subjects of ethical responsibility in MAI social experiments in paediatrics can facilitate ethical supervision. | 4 (1.2) | 59 (17.8) | 269 (81.0) |
| A6 Participating in ethical education and training programmes focusing on MAI social experiments is helpful for ethical supervision. | 3 (0.9) | 46 (13.9) | 283 (85.2) |
| A7 It is necessary to take children’s and guardians' opinions into account while performing MAI social experiments in paediatrics. When children’s views are contrary to the guardians', we should adopt the guardians' views. | 62 (18.7) | 81 (24.4) | 189 (56.9) |
| A8 Establishing an effective supervision mechanism is helpful. | 4 (1.2) | 42 (12.7) | 286 (86.1) |
| A9 Content of ethical supervision can be dynamically adjusted according to the clinical context. | 12 (3.6) | 63 (19.0) | 257 (77.4) |
| A10 The number of children or guardians against MAI will increase after having a comprehensive understanding of the ethical risk of MAI social experiments in paediatrics. | 73 (22.0) | 139 (41.9) | 120 (36.1) |
| A11 Strict ethical risk management can hinder performing MAI social experiments in paediatrics. | 79 (23.8) | 139 (41.9) | 114 (34.3) |
AI, artificial intelligence; MAI, medical AI.