Understanding the attitudes of the elderly towards enrolment into cancer clinical trials

BMC Cancer

Table 5 What factors are important in your decision NOT to participate in a clinical trialNumber (%) of patients who agree/strongly agree to survey questions grouped by demographic characteristics of interest

	Age		Health Status		Cancer Status
Question	n/N (%) <75 n/N (%) ≥ 75	p-value	n/N (%) Good/Excellent n/N (%) Poor/Marginal/Ave	p-value		p-value
Recommendation from cancer doctor against participating	41/44 (93) 44/46 (96)		43/46 (93) 39/41 (95)		28/30 (93) 44/47 (94)
		0.61		0.74		0.96
Your cancer doctor did not give you any advice about participating	34/42 (81) 38/45 (84)		34/44 (77) 35/40 (88)		23/28 (82) 37/46 (80)
		0.67		0.22		0.86
Recommendation from your family doctor against participating	34/44 (77) 38/46 (83)		39/47 (83) 30/40 (75)		25/30 (83) 35/47 (74)
		0.53		0.36		0.36
Your family doctor did not give you any advice about participating	22/43 (51) 28/45 (62)		24/45 (53) 24/40 (60)		16/28 (57) 25/47 (53)
		0.30		0.54		0.74
Recommendations from your family and friends against participating	17/44 (39) 22/45 (49)		19/47 (40) 17/39 (35)		12/30 (40) 20/46 (43)
		0.33		0.77		0.76
Your age	27/43 (63) 26/46 (57)		26/46 (57) 25/40 (63)		16/29 (55) 27/47 (57)
		0.55		0.57		0.85
You have other health problems that make you feel too weak to participate	34/44 (77) 32/43 (74)		31/44 (70) 32/40 (80)		20/29 (69) 35/46 (76)
		0.76		0.31		0.50
You have concerns about whether or not the new treatment works	41/44 (93) 40/46 (87)		40/46 (87) 38/41 (93)		27/30 (90) 41/47 (87)
		0.33		0.38		0.71
You are afraid of possible side effects from the new treatment	33/44 (75) 40/46 (87)		34/46 (74) 36/41 (88)		22/30 (73) 38/47 (81)
		0.15		0.10		0.44

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