Table 1 Survey of participants attending post-trial meeting.
From: Initial experience with a group presentation of study results to research participants
Question | Lower Anchor (= 1) | Upper Anchor (= 7) | Mean | 95% C.I. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
How useful did you find this presentation? | Not useful at all | Extremely useful | 6.6 | 6.3 – 7.0 |
Did this presentation provide additional information beyond what you already knew from the news media? | No | Yes | 6.7 | 6.4 – 7.0 |
How well do you feel you've understood the results of the STEP study now? | Not well at all | Extremely well | 6.7 | 6.4 – 7.0 |
Do you feel that you had all your questions answered about the STEP study? | No | Yes | 6.8 | 6.5 – 7.0 |
Did your experience with the STEP study make you more or less interested in participating in future research studies? | Much less interested | Much more interested | 6.3 | 5.5 – 7.0 |
Did your experience with this meeting make you more or less interested in participating in future research studies? | Much less interested | Much more interested | 6.4 | 5.6 – 7.0 |
Should future research studies offer meetings such as this one? | No | Yes | 6.9 | 6.8 – 7.0 |
If you received a copy of the published scientific article before this meeting (N = 8): | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Did you find the information contained in the article understandable? | Hard to understand | Easy to understand | 5.3 | 4.3 – 6.2 |
   Did you find the information contained in the article useful? | Not useful at all | Extremely useful | 6.0 | 5.2 – 6.8 |