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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the respondents (N = 699)

From: An international survey of physicians regarding clinical trials: a comparison between Kyoto University Hospital and Seoul National University Hospital

  

KUHP

SNUH

  

Doctors with clinical trial experience

Doctors without clinical trial experience

Total

Doctors with clinical trial experience

Doctors without clinical trial experience

Total

  

% (n)

% (n)

 

% (n)

% (n)

 
  

(196)

(104)

(301)*

(150)

(242)

(398)*

Age range

 

<=29

6 (12)

17 (18)

10 (30)

19 (29)

59 (143)

44 (175)

 

30-39

44 (86)

66 (69)

52 (156)

47 (70)

39 (94)

42 (166)

 

40-49

42 (83)

13 (14)

32 (97)

18 (27)

1 (2)

8 (30)

 

> = 50

8 (15)

3 (3)

6 (18)

16 (24)

1 (3)

7 (27)

Gender (Female ratio)

 

13 (25)

24 (25)

17 (50)

25 (38)

45 (109)

37 (147)

Faculty

 

70 (138)

30 (31)

56 (169)

51 (76)

5 (13)

23 (90)

Majority of Doctors

 

Internal Medicine**

36 (71)

30 (31)

34 (102)

23 (35)

16 (38)

19 (75)

 

Surgery***

21 (41)

11 (11)

17 (52)

3 (5)

12 (28)

9 (34)

 

Ophthalmology

8 (16)

10 (10)

9 (27)

7 (10)

5 (12)

6 (22)

 

Dental Surgery

4 (8)

15 (16)

8 (24)

1 (2)

 

1 (2)

 

Otolaryngology

5 (10)

8 (8)

6 (18)

5 (8)

4 (10)

5 (18)

 

Radiology****

6 (11)

3 (3)

5 (14)

14 (21)

12 (30)

13 (51)

 

Gynecology

3 (5)

7 (7)

4 (12)

7 (11)

5 (13)

6 (25)

 

Psychiatry

3 (5)

3 (3)

3 (8)

7 (10)

11 (27)

9 (37)

 

Orthopedics

3 (6)

1 (1)

2 (7)

5 (7)

9 (21)

8 (30)

 

Dermatology

3 (5)

2 (2)

2 (7)

7 (11)

2 (6)

4 (17)

 

Urology

3 (6)

 

2 (6)

5 (7)

3 (8)

4 (15)

 

Pediatrics

2 (3)

1 (1)

1 (4)

5 (7)

8 (20)

7 (27)

 

Others*****

5 (9)

11 (11)

7 (20)

9 (14)

10 (25)

10 (39)

 

Blank

   

1 (2)

2 (4)

2 (6)

The role in the latest clinical trial

 

As principle investigators

29 (57)

  

33 (50)

  
 

As co-investigators

46 (91)

  

44 (66)

  
 

As sub-investigators

22 (44)

  

13 (19)

  
 

As othres

2 (3)

  

8 (12)

  
 

Blank

1 (1)

  

2 (3)

  

Experience in global clinical trial

  

12 (24)

  

41 (61)

  

Interests

       
 

Drs who are interested in clinical trials

95 (186)

80 (83)

90 (270)

90 (135)

71 (172)

78 (310)

 

Drs who are not interested in clinical trials

5 (10)

18 (19)

10 (29)

9 (14)

29 (70)

22 (87)

 

Blank

 

2 (2)

1 (2)

1 (1)

 

0 (1)

  1. *In total 7 (1 in KUHP and 6 in SUNU) doctors did not state their past experience in clinical trials.
  2. **Internal Medicine in KUHP were hematology, cardiovascular medicine, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, diabetic mellitus and nutritional medicine, nephrology, neurology, and geriatric medicine. Internal Medicine in SNUH were general internal medicine and immunology.
  3. ***Surgery in KUHP were gastrointestinal surgery, breast surgery, hepato-bilialy pancreatic surgery, transplantation surgery, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, and respiratory surgery. Surgery in SNUH were general surgery and cardiovascular surgery.
  4. ****Radiology in SNUH were radiology and radiation oncology.
  5. ***** Others in KUHP were Pathology, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, Central clinical laboratory, and Transfusion Medicine & Cell Therapy. Others in SNUH were Pathology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, and Rehabilitation Medicine.