Table 1.
Full Sample (n = 127) | Race (n = 125) | Ethnicity | ||||||
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White (n = 55) | African-American (n = 15) | Asian (n = 34) | Mixed Race (n = 7) | Other Race (n = 14) | Latino (n = 19) | Non-Latino (n = 106) | ||
I believe patients should be told about the option of receiving treatment through a cancer treatment trial. | 1.69 (.66) | 1.71 (.74) | 1.60 (.74) | 1.68 (.59) | 1.71 (.49) | 1.50 (.52) | 1.63 (.76) | 1.70 (.66) |
I believe that cancer treatment trials are important to finding better ways to care for cancer patients. | 1.63 (.66) | 1.55 (.60) | 1.53 (.64) | 1.76 (.70) | 1.43 (.54) | 1.86 (.86) | 1.58 (.69) | 1.63 (.67) |
Healthcare providers like me have an important role in informing cancer patients that a cancer treatment trial may be a quality treatment option. | 2.24 (.93) | 2.29 (.98) | 2.07 (1.0) | 2.15 (.82) | 2.71 (.76) | 2.21 (1.05) | 2.16 (.90) | 2.25 (.94) |
Before referring a patient (to an oncologist, surgeon or other medical practice), I consider if the practice participated in cancer treatment trials. | 3.31 (.94) | 3.42 (.85) | 3.33 (.90) | 3.09 (1.08) | 3.86 (.69) | 3.14 (.95) | 3.42 (1.07) | 3.29 (.93) |
I am willing to initiate a conversation about cancer treatment trials with a patient I am referring for diagnostic testing. | 3.08 (1.1) | 3.05 (1.1) | 2.87 (1.30) | 3.06 (1.10) | 3.71 (1.3) | 3.00 (1.24) | 3.05 (1.3) | 3.08 (1.12) |
I am willing to initiate a conversation about cancer treatment trials with a patient who has been diagnosed with cancer. | 2.75 (1.04) | 2.64 (1.1) | 2.80 (1.1) | 2.79 (.91) | 2.71 (1.1) | 2.93 (1.14) | 2.63 (1.17) | 2.76 (1.02) |
Mean Attitude/Belief Score | 2.45 (.62) | 2.42 (.65) | 2.37 (.65) | 2.42 (.63) | 2.69 (.42) | 2.44 (.65) | 2.41 (.65) | 2.45 (.62) |
Note: All Likert items scored on a scale of 1 (Strongly Agree) to 5 (Strongly Disagree)