Table 1.

Participants’ awareness of and willingness to participate in medical research (n=2,000)

	n (%)
Have you heard about medical research?
Yes	1,164 (58.6%)
No	822 (41.4%)
Have you participated in any medical research?
Yes	361 (18.1%)
No	1,631 (81.9%)
Are you willing to participate in medical research?
Yes	1,107 (55.5%)
No/unsure	886 (44.4%)
Are you willing to have new drugs tested on you?
Yes	620 (31.1%)
No/unsure	1,375 (68.9%)
Are you willing to have approved drugs tested on you?
Yes	913 (46.1%)
No/unsure	1,069 (53.9%)
Are you willing to allow any of your family member to participate in any medical research?
Yes	840 (42.2%)
No/unsure	1,149 (57.8%)