Table 3.
Age | Health Status | Cancer Status | ||||
Question | n/N (%) < 75 n/N (%) ≥ 75 | p-value | n/N (%) Good/Excellent n/N (%) Poor/Marginal/Ave | p-value | n/N (%) Cured n/N (%) Not Cured | p-value |
1) I would participate in 'clinical trials' that study ways to prevent or screen for cancer | 34/44 (77) 35/46 (76) | 36/47 (77) 30/40 (75) | 18/29 (62) 42/48 (88) | |||
0.89 | 0.86 | 0.009 | ||||
2) I would participate in a 'clinical trial' to compare a new drug to the old "standard" drug | 24/43 (56) 21/46 (46) | 24/47 (51) 20/39 (51) | 13/30 (43) 25/47 (53) | |||
0.34 | 0.98 | 0.40 | ||||
3) I would participate in a clinical trial to test a new drug when there is no "standard" drug available | 34/45 (76) 30/47 (64) | 32/47 (68) 29/42 (69) | 18/30 (60) 37/49 (76) | |||
0.22 | 0.92 | 0.15 |