Table 3 Factors that might have a positive impact on parents’ acceptance for their child participating in pediatric clinical research study
From: Effect of child health status on parents’ allowing children to participate in pediatric research
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy children | Ambulant sick children | Non ambulant sick children | ||
n = 126 | n = 99 | n = 36 | ||
(% 1 ) | (% 1 ) | (% 1 ) | ||
Understanding of the study and its regulation | 31.2 | 82.1 | 50.0 | 0.001 |
Direct benefits to the parent’s own child | 12.7 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 0.04 |
Low risk to the children | 13.5 | 77.4 | 60.0 | 0.001 |
The modalities whereby information was communicated about the study | 19.2 | 63.1 | 55.0 | 0.001 |