Table 2.
Fibromyalgia patients' responses of clinical trial awareness and participation in RCTs.
| Overall 1 481 (100%) |
Non-Underrepresented 1 313 (65.07%) |
Underrepresented 1 168 (34.93%) |
p -value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical trial awareness | ||||
|
Has your physician talked to you about clinical trials? | ||||
| Yes | 47 (10.71%) | 33 (11.26%) | 14 (9.59%) | 0.593 |
| No |
392 (89.29%) |
260 (88.74%) |
132 (90.41%) |
|
|
Have you ever been asked to participate in clinical trials? | ||||
| Yes | 65 (13.63%) | 42 (13.46%) | 23 (13.94%) | 0.885 |
| No |
412 (86.37%) |
270 (86.54%) |
142 (86.06%) |
|
|
How likely would you be to participate in RCTs? | ||||
| Likely or very likely | 410 (85.77%) | 277 (88.78%) | 133 (80.12%) | 0.01 |
| Not sure, not likely or would not participate |
68 (14.23%) |
35 (11.22%) |
33 (19.88%) |
|
|
Participation in Clinical trials | ||||
| Yes | 53 (11.09%) | 35 (11.22%) | 18 (10.84%) | 0.99 |
| No |
425 (88.91%) |
277 (88.78%) |
148 (89.16%) |
|
|
Trial experience | ||||
| I took part and am still in the trial | 5 (4.03%) | 3 (4.05%) | 2 (4.0%) | 0.971 |
| I took part and completed the trial | 39 (31.45%) | 25 (33.78%) | 14 (28.0%) | |
| I took part but withdrew before the end | 2 (1.61%) | 1 (1.35%) | 1 (2.0%) | |
| I wanted to take part but was not eligible | 45 (36.29%) | 26 (35.14%) | 21 (38.0%) | |
| I declined to take part in the trial | 33 (26.61%) | 19 (25.68%) | 14 (28.0%) | |
1
Mean (SD) or Frequency (%).
2
Fisher's exact test; or t-test.