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Table 1 Participant characteristics according to past experience in clinical trials

From: Oncologic patients’ misconceptions may impede enrollment into clinical trials: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

All participants

Past clinical research experience

No/not sure, n

Yes, n

p value*

Total

200

100%

151 (76.6%)

46 (23.4%)

 

Mean age (years)

58.3 ± 12.8

   

Sex

Male

90

45.90%

65 (43.3%)

24 (54.5%)

0.189

Female

106

54.10%

85 (56.6%)

20 (45.4%)

Birthplace

Israel

93

49.2%

61 (41.5%)

31 (68.9%)

0.744

Russia

18

9.5%

86 (58.5%)

14 (31.1%)

Europe

56

29.6%

Africa

11

5.80%

Asia

5

2.6%

America

6

3.1%

Education

Elementary/Junior high,

15

7.60%

94 (63.1%)

15 (32.6%)

<0.0001

Professional school /agricultural

23

11.70%

High school

22

11.20%

Yeshiva (religious college)

5

2.50%

Non-academic training

46

23.40%

Academic

86

43.70%

55 (36.9%)

31 (67.4%)

Religion

Secular (non-religious Jewish)

124

62.30%

88 (58.3%)

35 (76.1%)

0.037

Observant

50

25.10%

63 (41.7%)

11 (23.9%)

Religious

15

7.50%

Orthodox

4

2.00%

Other

6

3.00%

Residential Status

Alone

35

17.60%

22 (14.6%)

13 (28.3%)

0.046

With family/partner

141

70.90%

129 (85.4%)

33 (71.7%)

With caregiver

10

5.00%

Other (nursing home, etc.)

13

6.50%

Income

Much more than average

8

4.10%

36 (24.2%)

19 (42.2%)

0.194

More than average

47

24.00%

Average

45

23.00%

80 (53.7%)

17 (37.8%)

Less than average

31

15.80%

Much less than average

23

11.70%

Perception of understanding how clinical trials work

Agree/strongly agree

92

47.70%

54 (36.5%)

38 (84.4%)

<0.0001

Neutral/disagree/strongly disagree

101

52.30%

94 (63.5%)

7 (15.6%)

Agree to participate

Yes

120

63.80%

66 (44.9%)

33 (73.3%)

0.01

No

67

35.60%

81 (55.1%)

12 (26.7%)

Cancer site

Breast

42

21.90%

 

Colorectal

33

17.20%

Lung

20

10.40%

Prostate

10

5.20%

Other

87

45.30%

  1. *Compared between the groups with and without experience in clinical trials.
  2. Provided separately because of the large proportion of Russian-born participants