Table 5.

Number and proportion of respondents that provided positive answer concerning awareness in subgroups (groups with or without various experiences)

	Number (%) of respondents that provided positive answer
	Experience nursing patients who were participating in registration trials and/or clinical research		Experience taking a part in research involving patients as a nursing student		Experience taking a part in research involving patients as a nurse
	(+) (n = 137)	(−) (n = 314)	(+) (n = 65)	(−) (n = 348)	(+) (n = 167)	(−) (n = 246)
1. General awareness
Registration trials	137 (100%)	293 (93.3%)	59 (90.8%)	333 (95.7%)	164 (98.2%)*	228 (92.7%)
Clinical research	122 (89.1%)	275 (86.7%)	57 (87.7%)	307 (88.2%)	154 (92.2%)*	210 (85.4%)
Difference between registration trials and clinical research	66 (48.2%)**	99 (31.7%)	15 (23.1%)*	136 (39.1%)	76 (46.1%)**	75 (30.5%)
2. Awareness on research-related terminology
Informed consent	136 (99.3%)	313(99.7%)	65 (100%)	348 (100%)	167 (100%)	246 (100%)
Informed consent form	133 (97.1%)	302 (96.2%)	61 (93.8%)	337 (97.4%)	160 (97.0%)	238 (96.7%)
Consent documents	135 (98.5%)	312 (99.4%)	64 (98.5%)	345 (99.7%)	167 (100%)	242 (99.2%)
Representative of the subject	110 (80.3%)**	204 (65.0%)	43 (66.2%)	243 (71.5%)	119 (73.5%)	167 (69.0%)
Declaration of Helsinki	57 (41.6%)	110 (35.0%)	24 (36.9%)	127 (37.4%)	66 (40.0%)	85 (35.4%)
Japanese governmental ethical guidelines	75 (54.7%)	167 (53.2%)	39 (60.0%)	183 (53.5%)	100 (60.6%)	122 (50.6%)
Good clinical practice	21 (15.9%)**	23 (7.3%)	9 (13.8%)	28 (8.3%)	17 (10.5%)	20 (8.3%)
Institutional review boards	54 (39.4%) *	90 (28.7%)	20 (30.8%)	111 (32.6%)	63 (38.4%)*	68 (28.2%)
Ethics committees	105 (76.6%)	219 (69.7%)	47 (72.3%)	252 (73.0%)	138 (83.1%)**	161 (66.0%)

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared to proportion for respondents without experience.