Table 3.
Factors Influencing Decision to Participate in Clinical Trials
| Factor | Not Influential at All |
Not Very Influential |
Moderately Influential |
Strongly Influential |
Extremely Influential |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| My oncologist discouraged it | 30 | 15.5 | 11 | 5.6 | 37 | 19.1 | 49 | 25.3 | 67 | 34.5 |
| My oncologist did not discuss it with me | 37 | 19.1 | 48 | 24.8 | 48 | 24.8 | 32 | 16.5 | 29 | 14.9 |
| My family doctor discouraged it | 28 | 16.3 | 15 | 8.7 | 44 | 25.6 | 49 | 28.5 | 36 | 20.9 |
| My family doctor did not discuss it with me | 52 | 30.4 | 34 | 19.9 | 48 | 28.1 | 19 | 11.1 | 18 | 10.5 |
| Family/friends discouraged it | 55 | 30.9 | 43 | 24.2 | 45 | 25.3 | 22 | 12.4 | 13 | 7.3 |
| Other health problems | 25 | 14.5 | 9 | 5.2 | 64 | 37.2 | 43 | 25.0 | 31 | 18.0 |
| I am afraid the therapy will not work or there will be side effects | 28 | 16.2 | 25 | 14.5 | 67 | 38.7 | 34 | 19.7 | 19 | 11.0 |
| I don't feel there is enough benefit for me | 35 | 20.7 | 33 | 19.5 | 50 | 29.6 | 35 | 20.7 | 16 | 9.5 |
| I had past involvement in a clinical trial with bad outcome | 58 | 43.6 | 12 | 9.0 | 21 | 15.8 | 25 | 18.8 | 17 | 12.8 |
| I was previously denied participation in a clinical trial | 72 | 56.7 | 21 | 16.5 | 15 | 11.8 | 9 | 7.1 | 10 | 7.9 |
| I live far away from the clinic/hospital | 46 | 29.1 | 23 | 14.5 | 33 | 20.9 | 30 | 19.0 | 26 | 16.5 |
| Additional test costs and fee/not insured | 27 | 16.8 | 15 | 9.3 | 33 | 20.5 | 42 | 26.1 | 44 | 27.3 |
| I don't know enough about clinical trials | 49 | 27.7 | 24 | 13.6 | 42 | 23.7 | 31 | 17.5 | 31 | 17.5 |
NOTE. Some respondents did not rate all of the above factors. Percentages were calculated on the basis of the total number of responses received.