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Table 1 Main characteristics of participating parents and children analysed in this survey

From: Effect of child health status on parents’ allowing children to participate in pediatric research

 

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

P1

 

Healthy children

Ambulant sick children

Non ambulant sick children

 

N (%)

48.3

37.9

13.8

 

Age of participating parent (mean year ± SD)

42.1 ± 6.2

39.3 ± 5.1

38.5 ± 3.7

0.91*

Age of child (mean year ± SD)

12.3 ± 1.9

9.8 ± 3.4

10.1 ± 3.5

0.82*

Gender of participating parent (%)

    

Mother

82

93

90

0.80**

Father

18

7

10

 

Parental education level (%)

    

Lower

32

31

49

 

Medium

29

47

29

0.004**

High

39

22

22

 

Children having previously participate to a study (%)

10

25

26

0.83**

Children having already heard about clinical research study (%)

52

79

87

0.002**

  1. * ANOVA test ; ** χ2 Test.