"All subjects were asked whether they would be willing to participate in this descriptive study, while they waited to be seen by a gastroenterologist, prior to their initial colonoscopies. They were given basic information about the research, and told that participation was strictly voluntary, according to guidelines from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the clinics and hospital. The research had been approved as minimal risk by the IRB. All 31 subjects were asked to participate agreed to do so." The researcher should include information about this process in which section of the manuscript?

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The process of recruiting subjects, obtaining consent, and the approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) are all part of the methodology of the study, and thus should be included in the Methods section of the manuscript.

"All Subjects Were Asked Whether They Would Be Willing to Participate