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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Trials. 2015 Feb 10;12(3):215–223. doi: 10.1177/1740774515571917

Table 2.

Comparison of clinical trial awareness and information seeking preferences in English mail-administered HINTS 2008 and HINTS 2012*

HINTS Question 2008 HINTS
Weighted %
2012 HINTS
Weighted %
P-valuea
Clinical trial awareness <0.01
Aware 67.6 73.9
Ever diagnosed with cancer <0.01
Yes 7.2 8.2
Family member ever diagnosed with cancer 0.30
Yes 71.1 73.2
Ever use internet <0.01
Yes 71.2 81.2
Ever search for health information <0.01
Yes 77.1 82.1
First choice of health information source <0.01
Books and Pamphlets 13.8 7.88
Friends and Family 5.3 5.2
Doctor 16.9 16.8
Internet 57.0 67.1
Other 7.0 3.1
*

Does not include Spanish-language surveys

a

Chi-square test