From: Ocular gene transfer in the spotlight: implications of newspaper content for clinical communications
Spokespersona | Percent (%) of articles | P-valueb | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Canada (n = 26) | United Kingdom (n = 77) | United States (n = 55) |  |
Researchers from universities/research institutes/government | 85 | 57 | 38 | 0.000* |
Patient advocacy organizations | 27 | 10 | 31 | 0.032* |
Affected individuals | 19 | 27 | 33 | 0.359 |
Family of affected individuals | 19 | 11 | 22 | 0.259 |
Friends of affected individuals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 |
Ethics committees | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.430 |
Parliament/Congress | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.195 |
Media/Columnist opinion | 8 | 16 | 29 | 0.041* |