Table 2.
Parents’ Perceptions of Benefits of Child Health Research or Reasons to Participate*
| Total (N=627) n (%) |
Urban (N=106) n (%) |
Suburban 1 (N=221) n (%) |
Suburban 2 (N=200) n (%) |
Rural (N=100) n =% |
p-value† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We could improve care of children (earlier diagnoses, treatment) | 465 (74.2) | 75 (70.8) | 183 (82.8) | 136 (68.0) | 71 | 0.003 |
| We could find answers that may help other children and families | 422 (67.3) | 68 (64.2) | 170 (76.9) | 124 (62.0) | 60 | 0.002 |
| My child may get better care (tests/treatment) | 347 (55.3) | 74 (69.8) | 123 (55.7) | 103 (51.5) | 47 | 0.005 |
| We could learn more about my child’s health condition | 346 (55.2) | 70 (66.0) | 134 (60.6) | 101 (50.5) | 40 | 0.001 |
| Convenient (not much time, travel) | 169 (26.9) | 29 (27.4) | 74 (33.5) | 54 (27.0) | 12 | 0.001 |
| My child’s doctor recommends that we participate | 128 (20.4) | 24 (22.6) | 47 (21.3) | 39 (19.5) | 18 | 0.829 |
| Compensation | 109 (17.3) | 27 (25.5) | 34 (15.4) | 42 (21.0) | 6 | 0.001 |
| My child may want to participate | 106 (16.9) | 33 (31.3) | 36 (16.3) | 26 (13.0) | 11 | <0.001 |
*
Survey question: “What do you feel are the benefits of participation, or reasons to participate, in child health research? (Choose ALL of the following that are true for you.)”
†
p -value derived from chi-square analysis with varying degrees of freedom. Parent perceptions are bolded to indicate statistical significance.