Table 3 Comparison between survey participants who accept and who do not accept to participate in medical research
From: Willingness to participate in health research: Tunisian survey
Accept to participate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Yes n = 891 | No n = 209 | p | |
Participants n (%) | |||
Patients | 488 (79.7) | 122 (20.31) | 0.34 |
Volunteers | 281 (79.3) | 73 (20.7) | |
Doctors | 122 (91) | 12 (9) | |
Age < 40 years n (%) | 557 (62.5) | 109 (52) | 0.05 |
High school education n (%) | 622 (70) | 80 (38) | <0.01 |
Sex male n (%) | 320 (36) | 74 (35) | 0.89 |
Not married n (%) | 335 (37) | 80 (38) | 0.85 |
History of chronic disease n (%) | 277 (31) | 21 (10) | <0.01 |
Prior participation in medical research n (%) | 75 (8) | 6 (3) | <0.01 |
History of blood donation n (%) | 335 (37) | 46 (22) | <0.01 |