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. 2021 Sep 12;21:1018. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08731-6

Table 5.

Factors predicting the possibility of not being offered or not participating in a clinical trial. The “NM” group is compared to “FGM” and to “SGM/TGM”. Patients with poor German skills were compared to those with fluent German skills. Patients younger than 70 were compared to patients aged 70 and over

Factors for not being offered participation in a clinical trial Factors for not participating in a clinical trial
OR C.I. 95%
lower
C.I. 95%
higher
p-value OR C.I. 95%
lower
C.I. 95%
higher
p-value
SGM/TGM 0.823 0.474 1.428 0.49 0.582 0.334 1.014 0.06
FGM 1.749 0.991 3.806 0.05 2.172 1.105 4.268 0.02
Poor German language skills 3.265 1.394 7.650 0.006 1.784 0.682 4.666 0.24
Age over 70 1.296 0.863 1.948 0.21 1.305 0.843 2.022 0.23