Prevalence Survey of Cognition of Potential Participants for Clinical Trials / 医药导报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the awareness,willingness,motivation,and influencing factors of outpatients for participating drug clinical trials,and provide references for decision-making of drug clinical trials.Methods An amnonymous survey was conducted in the departments of internal medicine,surgery,gynecology,and obstetrics of a randomly selected tertiary referral center,and the results were statistically analyzed.Results A total of 1 067 available questionnaires were received.The total awareness rate of clinical trials was 31.02％,which was closely correlated with age and the degree of education.40.86％ of respondents were willing to participate in drug clinical trials.And 55.28％ of them chose yes because of the willingness to contribute to the development of medical science.People having cognition on clinical trials had more willingness to participate in drug(OR1.361,95 ％ CI1.042-1.777).59.14％ of the respondents refused to participate in drug clinical trials,68.62％ of whom refusing to participate mainly worried about the safety of drugs.57.37％ of the respondents comfirmed that they might change their idea if experts were involved.41.33％ were willing to accept training about clinical trials.Conclusion Investigators'overall cognition on clinical trials is closely correlated with the willingness to participate in drug clinical trials.There should propagandize drug clinical trials to make sure the improvement of drug clinical trial progress.