Table 3.
Attitudes to drug trials among 42 relatives of unconscious adult ICU patients
| Question | Grading (percentages) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What would matter if your relative was to participate in a drug trial here in the intensive care unit? | Very important | Important | Minor importance | Not important | Do not know |
| 'That current legislation was followed' | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 'That my relative was to gain directly from the trial' | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 'That future patients will gain from the trial' | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 'That new knowledge is accomplished to develop new therapies' | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 'That there is no risk by participation' | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 'That there is no discomfort by participation' | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| What motives do you think doctors have when they perform drug trials? | |||||
| 'Wish to find new treatments' | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 'Wish to help patients' | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 'Wish to reduce overall cost of treatment' | 0 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 5 |
| 'Wish to gain new knowledge' | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 'Wish to make carrier' | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| 'Wish to earn money' | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 |
More than one answer could be marked.