Jordanian Undergraduate Students' Views of Participation in Clinical Trials: The COVID-19 Example.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated broad public participation in clinical trials. Knowledge of the attitudes of the relatively young would provide a perspective on future representative public enrollment in clinical trials. This study investigated the attitudes of undergraduate university students toward participation in COVID-19 clinical trials and determined the predictors of their attitudes. Using a validated, web-based questionnaire, 61.2% of the 425 respondents had heard about clinical trials before. Web-based media were the main sources of this knowledge. Less than 20% expressed willingness to participate in COVID-19 clinical trials or support the participation of a family member. The predictors were personal and family protection from the disease. On the contrar

SUBMITTER: Ahram M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9834000 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature