Table 6. Comparison between participants who had previously participated in a CT and those who had never participated in terms of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards participating in clinical trials.

Statement	Previously participated in clinical trials		p-value
	Yes (N = 39) n (%)	No (N = 193) n (%)
Reasons not to participate in clinical trials
Fear from risk of participation	15 (40.5)	119 (64.7)	0.006
Fear of the unknown	17 (44.7)	112 (62.2)	0.046
Awareness of legal protection of participants in clinical trials	15 (39.5)	36 (19.7)	0.008
Clinical conditions motivating participation in clinical trials
Healthy status	29(74.4)	101(54.6)	0.023
None life threatening disease	19(51.4)	58(32.0)	0.025

Data are presented as actual numbers (%).