Patient distrust in pharmaceutical companies: an explanation for women under-representation in respiratory clinical trials?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient skepticism concerning medical innovations can have major consequences for current public health and may threaten future progress, which greatly relies on clinical research. The primary objective of this study is to determine the variables associated with patient acceptation or refusal to participate in clinical research. Specifically, we sought to evaluate if distrust in pharmaceutical companies and associated psychosocial factors could represent a recruitment bias in clinical trials and thus threaten the applicability of their results.

Methods

This prospective, multicenter survey consisted in the administration of a self-questionnaire to patients during a pulmonology consultation. The 1025 questionnaires distributed collected demographics, socio-professio

SUBMITTER: Pahus L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424561 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature