Table 4:
Clinical trials knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among Veterans diagnosed with cancer at the Bronx Veterans Hospital (n = 67) by age and race/ethnicity
| Age | Race/ethnicity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 67) |
<65 (n = 26, 38.8%) |
≥65 (n = 40, 59.7%) |
p- value |
Non-Hispanic African American (n = 28,41.8%) |
Other race and ethnicity (n = 39, 58.2%) |
p- value |
|
| CLINICAL TRIALS KNOWLEDGE - Know what a clinical trial is | |||||||
| Yes | 39 (58.2) | 18 (66.7) | 21 (52.5) | 0.25 | 15 (53.6) | 24 (61.5) | 0.51 |
| No | 28 (41.8) | 9 (33.3) | 19 (47.5) | 13 (46.4) | 15 (38.5) | ||
| FEELINGS TOWARD CLINICAL TRIALS | |||||||
| Very negative | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.90 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.80 |
| Somewhat negative | 2 (3.0) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (2.6) | ||
| Neutral | 19 (28.8) | 9 (33.3) | 10 (25.6) | 9 (33.3) | 10 (25.6) | ||
| Somewhat positive | 21 (31.8) | 8 (29.6) | 13 (33.3) | 9 (33.3) | 12 (30.8) | ||
| Very positive | 24 (36.4) | 9 (33.3) | 15 (38.5) | 8 (29.6) | 16 (41.0) | ||
| WILLINGNESS TO JOIN A CLINICAL TRIAL | |||||||
| If you were asked to participate in a clinical trial today, would you participate | |||||||
| Yes, I definitely would | 28 (42.4) | 16 (59.3) | 12 (30.8) | 0.02 | 15 (53.6) | 13 (34.2) | 0.14 |
| I might, not sure, it depends, | 28 (42.4) | 6 (22.2) | 22 (56.4) | 8 (28.6) | 20 (52.6) | ||
| No, I definitely would not | 10 (15.2) | 5 (18.5) | 5 (12.8) | 5 (17.9) | 5 (13.2) | ||