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Table 4 Primary reason for non-participation in future clinical trials stratified by previous participation (n = 1002)

From: Are urgent care centers a viable venue for recruitment in clinical trials?

 

Unexperienced Groupa

Experienced Groupa

Overall

Distance/travel time burden

10.4 % (95)

21.1 % (19)

11.4 % (114)

Fear of receiving placebo

8.3 % (76)

8.9 % (8)

8.4 % (84)

Health insurance will not pay

9.7 % (88)

8.9 % (8)

9.6 % (96)

Lack of information about available studies

19.1 % (174)

15.6 % (14)

18.8 % (188)

New treatment is not better than standard

5.9 % (54)

5.6 % (5)

5.9 % (59)

Fear of being a “guinea pig”

16.1 % (147)

12.1 % (11)

15.8 % (158)

Other

6.5 % (59)

11.1 % (10)

6.9 % (69)

Unsure

24.0 % (219)

16.7 % (15)

23.4 % (234)

  1. aA statistically significant difference exists between the Unexperienced and Experienced Groups (χ2[7] = 14.12, P = 0.049)