Table 2.
Women’s general knowledge about clinical trials (n = 31)
| Items | Incorrect (%) | Don’t Know (%) | Correct (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| My doctor would know which treatment in a trial is better | 6 (20) | 4 (13) | 20 (67) |
| My doctor would make sure I got the better treatment in a clinical trial | 5 (17) | 4 (13) | 21 (70) |
| Trials test treatments nobody knows anything about | 4 (14) | 2 (7) | 23 (79) |
| Trials are only appropriate for serious diseases like cancer | 3 (10) | 3 (10) | 24 (80) |
| RCTs are the best way to find out whether treatment is better than no treatment | 3 (10) | 1 (3) | 25 (86) |
| In a RCT the treatment you get is selected by chance (using a computer) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 29 (97) |
| RCTs are the best way to find out whether one treatment is better than another | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 31 (100) |
Not all participants answered all the items. Some percentages do not add up to 100 due to unavoidable inaccuracies caused by rounding.