Table 2 Motivation factors from parents to accept 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 ) | ||
Direct benefits to the parent’s own child of participating in the study | 85.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.88 |
Benefits to the general population | 93.6 | 87.2 | 27.6 | 0.001 |
Low risk to the child of participating in the study | 100.0 | 60.8 | 70.2 | 0.04 |
Understanding the study and its regulation | 66.7 | 57.4 | 13.8 | 0.001 |