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. 2006 Jun;21(6):648–651. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00449.x

Table 2.

Odds of Participating in Research Derived from Logistic Regression Models

OR Patients (95% CI) P OR Staff (95% CI) P
Vignette 1. Behavioral Intervention Study n = 3,169* n = 1,023*
 Conducted by state university 1.4 1.1 to 1.8 .009 1.5 1.1 to 2.2 .03
 Conducted by federal government 0.5 0.4 to 0.7 <.001 0.5 0.3 to 0.8 .006
 Conducted by health care provider 2.9 2.3 to 3.8 <.001 2.0 1.4 to 2.9 <.001
 Community involved in developing study 1.6 1.2 to 2.2 .001 1.6 1.1 to 2.5 .02
 Community involved in collecting data 1.5 1.1 to 1.9 .007 1.6 1.0 to 2.6 .03
 Community involved in interpreting results 1.5 1.1 to 2.0 .005 1.4 0.9 to 2.2 .19
 Risk that confidentiality might be broken 0.2 0.1 to 0.2) <.001 0.1 0.1 to 0.3 <.001
 Participants will not be paid 0.7 0.5 to 0.9 .002 0.8 0.5 to 1.2 .27
 Study is about diabetes 2.6 1.9 to 3.6 <.001 7.2 4.0 to 12.7 <.001
 Study is about alcoholism 2.6 1.9 to 3.5 <.001 1.7 1.1 to 2.7 .02
Vignette 2. Genetics Study n = 3,135* n = 1,033*
 Conducted by state university 1.0 0.8 to 1.3 .97 0.9 0.7 to 1.3 .59
 Conducted by federal government 0.4 0.3 to 0.5 <.001 0.3 0.2 to 0.6 <.001
 Conducted by health care provider 1.9 1.4 to 2.4 <.001 1.3 1.0 to 1.8 .08
 Community involved in developing study 0.8 0.6 to 1.0 .09 0.9 0.6 to 1.3 .56
 Community involved in collecting data 0.8 0.6 to 1.0 .06 0.7 0.5 to 1.0 .09
 Community involved in interpreting results 0.7 0.5 to 0.9 .009 0.8 0.5 to 1.1 .18
 Risk that confidentiality might be broken 0.1 0.0 to 0.2 <.001 0.2 0.1 to 0.3 <.001
 Participants will not be paid 0.5 0.3 to 0.6 <.001 0.5 0.4 to 0.8 .004
 Study is about diabetes 1.5 1.1 to 2.0 .008 2.3 1.6 to 3.5 <.001
 Study is about alcoholism 1.2 0.9 to 1.6 .32 1.3 0.8 to 1.9 .28
Vignette 3. Clinical Drug Trial n = 3,136* n = 1,034*
 Conducted by state university 1.1 0.9 to 1.3 .58 1.1 0.8 to 1.6 .48
 Conducted by federal government 0.6 0.5 to 0.8 <.001 0.4 0.2 to 0.7 .002
 Conducted by health care provider 1.5 1.3 to 1.9 <.001 1.4 0.9 to 1.9 .10
 Community involved in developing study 1.0 0.8 to 1.2 .81 0.9 0.6 to 1.4 .74
 Community involved in collecting data 1.1 0.9 to 1.3 .50 0.9 0.6 to 1.4 .76
 Community involved in interpreting results 1.1 0.9 to 1.4 .43 0.9 0.6 to 1.4 .76
 Risk that confidentiality might be broken 0.3 0.2 to 0.4 <.001 0.2 0.1 to 0.5 <.001
 Participants will not be paid 0.8 0.6 to 1.0 .02 0.6 0.3 to 1.1 .09
 Study is about diabetes 1.9 1.5 to 2.5 <.001 3.4 2.0 to 5.6 <.001
 Study is about alcoholism 1.9 1.5 to 2.5 <.001 1.9 1.1 to 3.2 .02
*

Because of the special data structure used in the analysis (see section on statistical analyses), n = the number of question responses analyzed in each logistic regression, not the number of respondents

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio