Table 6.

 Patients’ main reasons for not participating in the trial (n = 78)

		Per cent of respondents
a	I was apprehensive about participating	37
b	I wished to be treated as soon as possible and I assumed that it would delay the therapy if I participated	31
c	I did not want lots to be drawn to decide which treatment I would have	18
d	I did not have enough information about the study	7
e	I preferred the treatment I would receive if I did not participate	3
f	I did not wish to participate in research	3
g	Do not know	2
h	I believed that the doctor thought it would be best for me not to participate in the trial	0
	Total	100