Table 2.

Influence of action suggested by participants (n = 1000) after child is prescribed a medicine that has not been fully tested for use in children, on participants’ offering their child's participation in a clinical trial

	Participant categorization
Assumed health condition	Change the medicine*n (%)	Accept the medicine†n (%)	P value Chi squared test
Child suffering from a life threatening condition	195 (48.3)	224 (37.6)	0.001
Child suffering from a chronic but not life threatening condition	80 (19.8)	89 (14.9)	0.044
Child suffering from a minor condition	111 (27.5)	80 (13.4)	<0.001
Child in hospital	168 (41.6)	117 (19.6)	<0.001
Child in good health	28 (6.9)	11 (1.8)	<0.001

^*Ask the doctor to change the medicine to one that has been fully tested and licensed for use in children.

^†Combined categories: Simply accept that the doctor knows best and use the medicine in the child but check carefully for side-effects.