Table 5.
Factors associated with attitudes toward electronic informed consent
| Variables | N (%) | Mean | SD | a p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 547 (100) | 54.85 | 6.55 | N/A |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 264 (48) | 56.01 | 6.87 | 0.000* |
| Female | 283 (52) | 53.78 | 6.08 | |
| Residency | ||||
| Urban | 455 (83) | 54.85 | 6.66 | 0.966 |
| Rural | 92 (17) | 54.88 | 6.12 | |
| Current job status | ||||
| Student | 92 (17) | 53.27 | 5.35 | 0.000* |
| Unemployed | 36 (6) | 54.17 | 5.07 | |
| Part-time employment | 53 (10) | 54.97 | 6.93 | |
| Full-time employment | 366 (67) | 57.26 | 6.10 | |
| Annual per capita household disposable income level | ||||
| Low (<7400 CNY) | 115 (21) | 55.42 | 5.43 | 0.440 |
| Lower-middle (7400 – 16000 CNY) | 85 (16) | 55.49 | 5.68 | |
| Middle (16000 – 25000 CNY) | 128 (23) | 54.27 | 6.72 | |
| Upper-middle (25000 – 39000 CNY) | 124 (23) | 48.48 | 2.46 | |
| High (39000 – 75000 CNY) | 95 (17) | 54.46 | 7.59 | |
| Level of education | ||||
| Less than high school | 36 (7) | 56.53 | 6.20 | 0.079 |
| High school | 148 (27) | 55.67 | 5.91 | |
| College | 269 (49) | 54.4 | 6.66 | |
| Postgraduate | 94 (17) | 54.22 | 7.24 | |
| Previously participated in a clinical trial | ||||
| Yes | 170 (31) | 56.89 | 7.18 | 0.000* |
| No | 377 (69) | 53.93 | 6.06 | |
| Awareness of electronic informed consent | ||||
| Never heard of it | 237 (43) | 54.21 | 6.35 | 0.114 |
| Heard of it but not very familiar | 219 (40) | 55.47 | 6.53 | |
| Heard of it and familiar | 91 (17) | 55.04 | 7.10 | |
| Preferred device to use for electronic informed consent | 0.706 | |||
| Mobile device (mobile phone/tablet) | 476 (87) | 55.1 | 6.50 | 0.021* |
| PC device (desktop computer) | 71 (13) | 53.18 | 6.82 |
a
Independent t-test and One-way ANOVA
*
Statistically significant
SD=Standard deviation