Table 2. Perceptions of clinical research.
| True (%) | False (%) | Not Aware (%) | N | ||
| General | |||||
| 1 | Clinical research benefits society | 94.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 170 |
| 2 | Clinical research harms society | 7.0 | 81.1 | 11.7 | 170 |
| 3 | The most important reason for developing new treatments is the advancement of science | 90.0 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 164 |
| 4 | Clinical research is an essential step in developing new treatments | 93.5 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 171 |
| 5 | Hospitals that participate in clinical research provide better healthcare | 67.2 | 8.7 | 23.9 | 171 |
| 6 | The most important reason for developing new treatments is financial gain | 47.9 | 44.4 | 7.6 | 171 |
| Trust in Clinical Research | |||||
| 7 | The government always adequately protects the public against unethical clinical research | 56.7 | 26.3 | 16.9 | 171 |
| 8 | Clinical research information provided by pharmaceutical companies can be trusted | 56.1 | 26.3 | 17.5 | 171 |
| 9 | Clinical research information provided by academic institutions can be trusted | 81.2 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 171 |
| 10 | If you decide not to participate in research your doctor will not give you good care | 26.7 | 63.6 | 9.5 | 168 |
| Ethics in Clinical Research | |||||
| 11 | Doctors force their patients to participate in research | 4.8 | 82.2 | 12.9 | 62* |
| 12 | Human participants in clinical research are treated like experimental animals (‘human Guinea Pigs’) | 20.7 | 53.2 | 26.0 | 169 |
| 13 | Participation in research is entirely voluntary | 85.3 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 171 |
| 14 | Volunteers in clinical research get adequate compensation for their participation | 24.7 | 12.9 | 62.3 | 170 |
| 15 | Participants in clinical research get adequate compensation for any adverse outcomes | 28.6 | 21.6 | 49.7 | 171 |
| 16 | Confidentiality is a matter of importance to research participants | 71.1 | 22.9 | 5.8 | 170 |
| 17 | Confidentiality of research participants is adequately protected | 54.1 | 12.3 | 33.5 | 170 |
| 18 | All the results of clinical research are made available to the public | 37.0 | 33.8 | 29.0 | 62* |
| 19 | Altruism is the only valid reason for participation in research | 62.5 | 25.1 | 12.2 | 171 |
| 20 | Volunteers in clinical research get adequate information about the research they participate in | 63.1 | 9.9 | 26.9 | 171 |
N – sample size; * – these items were late additions to the survey hence the smaller sample size.