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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Law Med Ethics. 2006 Fall;34(3):592–481. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00073.x

Table 4.

Participants’ Interest in Knowing about Investigator Financial Interests

Yes, want
to know		 No, don’t
want to
know		 If no, Why not?
Patent 20a 14

  • Not a concern

  • None of my business

  • It wouldn’t matter
Stock 19 14

  • Makes no difference

  • I don’t care

  • Only to invest myself

  • Investigator’s privacy

  • Burdensome – “I have other things to worry about”
Consulting 10b 20

  • Privacy, it is none of my business,

  • I don’t care

  • He/she should be paid

  • It doesn’t matter, can’t control it anyway
Above per capita 17c 9

  • Not a concern
a

Total adds up to 34 because one person said he did not want to know and when re-asked said, “Oh, why not?”

b

Total does not equal 33 because 3 people did not directly answer the question. However, 2 of the 3 said it wouldn’t matter at all to them.

c

Total does not equal 33 because 5 people were not asked the question; I said she did not know and I said it should not be allowed.