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. 2024 Mar 8;24:165. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-04648-8

Table 2.

Previous experience with clinical research and preferences for future clinical research

Type of clinical research Previous clinical research
n = 159
(%)
Preferable future clinical research
n = 1112
(%)
A single type of research
 Observational study 38 (23.9) 156 (14.0)
 Survey 68 (42.8) 505 (45.4)
 Specimen collection 11 (6.9) 69 (6.2)
Two types of research
 Observational study, survey 32 (20.1) 259 (23.3)
 Observational study, specimen collection 1 (0.6) 30 (2.7)
 Survey, specimen collection 6 (3.8) 24 (2.2)
Three types of research
 Observational study, survey, specimen collection 3 (1.9) 69 (6.2)