Table 3.

Responses to Likert Scale questions

Response Characteristics	All (n=135)	Participated n=94 (%)	Did Not Participate n=41 (%)	p-value
“Doctors should do research in the ICU to try to learn how to better help patients in the future.”				NS
Strongly agree	105 (78%)	78 (83%)	27 (66%)
Somewhat agree	26 (19%)	13 (14%)	13 (32%)
Somewhat disagree	2 (2%)	2 (2%)	0 (0%)
Strongly disagree	2 (2%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)
“It is stressful to be asked about medical research in the ICU.”*				0.04**
Strongly agree	27 (20%)	17 (18%)	10 (24%)
Somewhat agree	57 (42%)	36 (38%)	21 (51%)
Somewhat disagree	26 (19%)	17 (18%)	9 (22%)
Strongly disagree	25 (19%)	24 (26%)	1 (2%)

Percentages are based on column totals.

^*One patient declined to choose between somewhat agree and somewhat disagree.

^**Strongly/somewhat agree vs. strongly/somewhat disagree.