Table 3.
Healthcare Worker perception of the benefits to humans from animal research
| Statement about possible benefits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent group | Nearly always | Often | Sometimes | Not often | Almost never | |
| How often do you think that a treatment discovered in animal research works in humans (a direct benefits to humans)? | ||||||
| Pediatricians | 0 | 12/43 (28%) | 21/43 (49%) | 7/43 (16%) | 3/43 (7%) | |
| Nurses/RTs | 0 | 22/68 (32%) | 35/68 (52%) | 10/68 (15%) | 1/68 (2%) | |
| How often do you think a discovery in animal research contributes to other evidence that later eventually leads to a treatment for humans (an indirect benefit to humans)? | ||||||
| Pediatricians | 2/43 (5%) | 20/43 (47%) | 14/43 (33%) | 7/43 (16%) | 0 | |
| Nurses/RTs | 0 | 24/68 (35%) | 36/68 (53%) | 8/68 (12%) | 0 | |
| Is it your impression that animal researchers claim to the public that there are large benefits to humans from their research? | ||||||
| Pediatricians | 4/43 (9%) | 18/43 (42%) | 17/43 (40%) | 4/43 (9%) | 0 | |
| Nurses/RTs | 15/68 (22%) | 34/68 (50%) | 17/68 (25%) | 2/68 (3%) | 0 | |
| Some people argue that animal research rarely produces benefits to humans. Do you agree that this is likely?a | ||||||
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Uncertain | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | ||
| Pediatricians | 0 | 7/43 (16%) | 5/43 (12%) | 23/43 (54%) | 8/43 (19%) | |
| Nurses/RTs | 2/68 (3%) | 7/68 (10%) | 37/68 (54%) | 19/68 (28%) | 3/68 (4%) | |
aThere was a statistically significant (p < 0.001) difference in response between pediatricians versus nurses/RTs to the question “Some people argue that animal research rarely produces benefits to humans. Do you agree that this is likely?”