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題名 Factors influencing the willingness to participate in medical research: a nationwide survey in Taiwan 作者 劉宏恩
Liu, Hung-En
Li, Ming-Chieh貢獻者 科智所 關鍵詞 Participant recruitment; Public attitudes; Medical research; Trust in medical research 日期 2018 上傳時間 13-Sep-2018 17:46:02 (UTC+8) 摘要 Background Participation rate is one of the main challenges medical researchers face. We examined how demographic background and trust in medical research affect the willingness of people to participate in medical research in Taiwan. Methods Data from the 2011 Taiwan Genomic Survey (a nationwide representative face-to-face survey) were analyzed. The survey included a vignette of a researcher conducting a clinical trial of an investigative medicinal product, and questions for interviewees regarding their willingness to participate in research after they were informed of the scenario description. A total of 3,159 people, aged 18 to 70 years, were sampled, and 1,538 of them completed the survey. With missing data excluded, a total of 1,389 respondents were included in the final analysis. Results About 12 percent of the respondents answered that they would be willing to participate in medical research. Respondents who had college degrees or above and were married or lived with significant others were less likely to participate in medical research. By contrast, male respondents, and respondents whose household family members had biomedicine-related degrees or had one themselves were more likely to participate in medical research. After adjustment for demographic factors, respondents were more likely to participate in medical research if: (1) they expressed trust in doctors conducting medical research; (2) they agreed that doctors would never ask them to join medical research studies that might harm them; (3) they thought that participating in a medical research study would be safe; and (4) they agreed that researchers had no selfish reasons for doing the medical research. Discussion Some of our findings, such as the effects of education level and marital status on participation in medical research, are different from most findings of previous studies conducted in other countries. This study is useful for developing strategies to improve participant recruitment. Relevant discussions on research ethics and policies, such as the importance of public trust in medical researchers, could also be based on this study. 關聯 PeerJ. 6: e4874 資料類型 article DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4874 dc.contributor 科智所 - dc.creator (作者) 劉宏恩 zh_TW dc.creator (作者) Liu, Hung-En en_US dc.creator (作者) Li, Ming-Chieh en_US dc.date (日期) 2018 - dc.date.accessioned 13-Sep-2018 17:46:02 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 13-Sep-2018 17:46:02 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 13-Sep-2018 17:46:02 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/120083 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) Background Participation rate is one of the main challenges medical researchers face. We examined how demographic background and trust in medical research affect the willingness of people to participate in medical research in Taiwan. Methods Data from the 2011 Taiwan Genomic Survey (a nationwide representative face-to-face survey) were analyzed. The survey included a vignette of a researcher conducting a clinical trial of an investigative medicinal product, and questions for interviewees regarding their willingness to participate in research after they were informed of the scenario description. A total of 3,159 people, aged 18 to 70 years, were sampled, and 1,538 of them completed the survey. With missing data excluded, a total of 1,389 respondents were included in the final analysis. Results About 12 percent of the respondents answered that they would be willing to participate in medical research. Respondents who had college degrees or above and were married or lived with significant others were less likely to participate in medical research. By contrast, male respondents, and respondents whose household family members had biomedicine-related degrees or had one themselves were more likely to participate in medical research. After adjustment for demographic factors, respondents were more likely to participate in medical research if: (1) they expressed trust in doctors conducting medical research; (2) they agreed that doctors would never ask them to join medical research studies that might harm them; (3) they thought that participating in a medical research study would be safe; and (4) they agreed that researchers had no selfish reasons for doing the medical research. Discussion Some of our findings, such as the effects of education level and marital status on participation in medical research, are different from most findings of previous studies conducted in other countries. This study is useful for developing strategies to improve participant recruitment. Relevant discussions on research ethics and policies, such as the importance of public trust in medical researchers, could also be based on this study. en_US dc.format.extent 177914 bytes - dc.format.mimetype application/pdf - dc.relation (關聯) PeerJ. 6: e4874 - dc.subject (關鍵詞) Participant recruitment; Public attitudes; Medical research; Trust in medical research en_US dc.title (題名) Factors influencing the willingness to participate in medical research: a nationwide survey in Taiwan en_US dc.type (資料類型) article - dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.7717/peerj.4874 - dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4874 -
