Table 2 Respondents’ opinion on clinical research
Variables | Respondents (n = 1125a) |
|---|---|
Participation in clinical studies during the last hospital stay, n (%) | 278 (25.2) |
Past participation in clinical studies, n (%) | 276 (24.9) |
Research is an important mission of a university hospital, n (%) | |
Very important | 942 (84.5) |
Rather important | 155 (13.9) |
Not important | 18 (1.6) |
Is it justified to ask patients to contribute to producing knowledge that will be useful to other persons? n (%) | |
Definitively justified | 879 (79.4) |
Partially justified | 199 (18.0) |
Definitively unjustified | 29 (2.6) |
What is your opinion about clinical research among patients? n (%) | |
Very positive | 451 (40.7) |
Rather positive | 484 (43.7) |
Neutral | 150 (13.5) |
Rather negative | 17 (1.5) |
Very negative | 6 (0.5) |
Opinion of genetic research, n (%) | |
Favorable | 768 (69.3) |
Not expressed | 305 (27.5) |
Unfavorable | 36 (3.2) |