Sociodemographic and psychological characteristics influencing patients’ willingness to participate in clinical trials

• Published in: BMJ open quality Vol. 11; no. 4; p. e002044
• Main Authors: Gouveia, Rita, Cruz, Vitor Tedim, Almeida, Luís
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 01.10.2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Anxiety; Clinical decision making; Clinical trials; community-based participatory research; Informed consent; Original Research; Participation; Participatory research; patient participation; Patients; Personality; Personality traits; Quality of care; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; randomised controlled trial; Self image; Social support

Background/AimsClinical trials are fundamental for the development of new medicines and patient participation is based on free consent. Our study sought to identify psychological characteristics that may influence patient willingness to participate in a clinical trial.MethodsA total of 100 participa...