Navigating the Path to Inclusion: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Clinical Trial Participation Among Chinese Older Adults in the United States with Multimorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Older adults with multimorbidity are underrepresented in clinical trials, with enrollment of Asians particularly low.

Objective

Understand perspectives of US Chinese older adults regarding clinical trial participation.

Study design and analysis

Focus group interviews analyzed using thematic analysis.

Setting

Community/senior centers, academic health systems in Northern and Southern California, and a nationwide registry of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders.

Population studied

Mandarin- and English-speaking Chinese adults aged ≥ 65 years with multimorbidity.

Outcome measures

Themes related to barriers and facilitators of enrollment in clinical trials of medications.

Results

We conducted 12 focus groups: 7 with non-US-born and 5 with U

SUBMITTER: Tarn DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802972 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature