Table 5.
Barriers to participation in a clinical trial, all and by sex
| Number one reason preventing participation | All (n = 367) | Male (n = 120) | Female (n = 245) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Potential side effects | 127 | 34.6 | 45 | 37.5 | 82 | 33.5 |
| Time required | 56 | 15.3 | 17 | 14.2 | 38 | 15.5 |
| Distance to trial site | 37 | 10.1 | 12 | 10.0 | 25 | 10.2 |
| Uncertainty regarding the benefit | 29 | 7.9 | 13 | 10.8 | 16 | 6.5 |
| Uncertainty regarding insurance coverage | 26 | 7.1 | 3 | 2.5 | 22 | 9.0 |
| Little awareness of trials | 20 | 5.4 | 8 | 6.7 | 12 | 4.9 |
| Inconvenience | 18 | 4.9 | 7 | 5.8 | 11 | 4.5 |
| Compensation | 6 | 1.6 | 4 | 3.3 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Hearing about someone else’s experience | 5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Not interested | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Other | 41 | 11.2 | 11 | 9.2 | 30 | 12.2 |
Two participants who preferred not to indicate their sex were not included in the per-sex analysis