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Table 1 Demographic characteristics, by willingness to participate in a hypothetical stroke trial

From: Public opinion of a stroke clinical trial using exception from informed consent

 

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

P value

Overall (n = 461)

34%

11%

55%

 

Age, median (IQR)

46 (27–63)

43 (29–59)

47 (31–59)

0.95

Income in $1,000 s, median (IQR)

59 (47–79)

59 (47–68)

66 (47–79)

0.74

Sex

   

0.61

 Male (n = 214)

31%

9%

60%

 

 Female (n = 241)

36%

12%

51%

 

Race

   

0.69

 White (n = 290)

33%

11%

57%

 

 Black (n = 80)

38%

11%

51%

 

 Other (n = 77)

36%

14%

49%

 

Ethnicity

   

0.25

 Non-Hispanic (n = 400)

34%

11%

55%

 

 Hispanic (n = 18)

32%

12%

56%

 

Religion

   

0.30

 Protestant (n = 100)

36%

15%

49%

 

 Catholic (n = 192)

34%

7%

59%

 

 Other (n = 85)

28%

20%

52%

 

 None (n = 81)

37%

6%

57%

 

Strong connection to religion

   

0.52

 No (n = 230)

33%

10%

56%

 

 Yes (n = 148)

34%

14%

51%

 

Education

   

0.62

 <8th grade (n = 22)

23%

14%

64%

 

 <12th grade (n = 23)

30%

9%

61%

 

 High school (n = 132)

34%

12%

54%

 

 Some college (n = 109)

39%

7%

53%

 

 College (n = 113)

34%

13%

53%

 

 Post grad. (n = 62)

32%

11%

56%

 

Insurance

   

0.84

 Private (n = 262)

33%

11%

56%

 

 Medicare (n = 18)

17%

11%

72%

 

 Medicaid (n = 62)

35%

11%

53%

 

 None (n = 24)

33%

4%

63%

 

 Other (n = 88)

39%

11%

50%

 

“What do you think your chance of recovering … is, based on current therapies?”

 <5% (n = 27)

41%

4%

55%

 

 5–50% (n = 94)

38%

10%

52%

 

 50/50 (n = 176)

33%

14%

53%

 

 >50% (n = 120)

32%

12%

57%

 

 >95% (n = 30)

20%

7%

73%

0.30

Educational intervention

   

1.0

 No (n = 233)

34%

11%

55%

 

 Yes (n = 228)

35%

11%

54%

 
  1. *IQR, Interquartile range