Table 2.
Research participants’ preferences for engaging in research and clinical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Questions and responses | Value, n (%)a | |||
| Research participation | ||||
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Do you believe that participating in research puts you more at risk for COVID-19? | |||
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No (not at all) | 77 (64.2) | |
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Yes (a little bit to extremely) | 43 (35.8) | |
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Has COVID-19 positively affected your desire to participate in research? | |||
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No (not at all) | 57 (46.7) | |
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Yes (a little bit to extremely) | 65 (53.3) | |
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Has COVID-19 negatively affected your desire to participate in research? | |||
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No (not at all) | 73 (59.8) | |
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Yes (a little bit to extremely) | 49 (40.2) | |
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What type of research would you be interested in participating in at a future time? (multiple responses allowed) | |||
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Public health (eg, hand washing to prevent flu) | 85 (63) | |
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Emergency preparedness (eg, preparing for a natural disaster) | 68 (50.4) | |
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Vaccine development (eg, COVID-19 vaccine development) | 59 (43.7) | |
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Clinical research (eg, studies that help you improve your own health) | 108 (80) | |
| Clinic visit | ||||
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Attending in-person clinic visits during the COVID-19 pandemic while adhering to social distancing, sanitation, and mask-wearing protocols | |||
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Not comfortable | 34 (26.4) | |
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Somewhat or very comfortable | 95 (73.6) | |
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Attending in-person, outdoor clinic visits during the COVID-19 pandemic while adhering to social distancing, sanitation, and mask-wearing protocols | |||
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Not comfortable | 18 (14.2) | |
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Somewhat or very comfortable | 109 (85.8) | |
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Attending drive-through clinic visits during the COVID-19 pandemic with masks | |||
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Not comfortable | 10 (7.8) | |
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Somewhat or very comfortable | 118 (92.2) | |
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Attending drive-through clinic visits during the COVID-19 pandemic without masks | |||
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Not comfortable | 76 (59.8) | |
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Somewhat or very comfortable | 51 (40.2) | |
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At what point would you be willing to go back to in-person clinic visits? (multiple responses allowed) | |||
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When there is a COVID-19 vaccine | 41 (30.4) | |
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When there is a medication for effectively treating COVID-19 | 30 (22.2) | |
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When cases have decreased in my area for 2 weeks or more | 23 (17) | |
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When hospitals have the capacity to treat cases | 10 (7.4) | |
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I already feel comfortable attending an in-person clinic visit | 71 (52.6) | |
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I don’t think I will feel comfortable going to an in-person visit until there are no cases of COVID-19 in the United States | 8 (5.9) | |
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What is your preferred way of engaging in treatment if enrolled in behavioral intervention? (multiple responses allowed) | |||
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In person | 72 (53.3) | |
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Phone | 49 (36.3) | |
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Videoconferencing platforms (eg, Zoom and Google Hangouts) | 82 (60.7) | |
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Other platforms (eg, Slack, WeChat, and GroupMe) | 33 (24.4) | |
aSample size is not equal across questions due to missing responses.