Table 2 : Health care characteristics of survey respondents (N=100).
Total | Have Participated | Have Not Participated | ||||
N=100 | % | N=35 | % | N=34 | % | |
Healthcare specialty | ||||||
Oncology | 43 | 47.8 | 19 | 55.9 | 10 | 32.3 |
Non-oncology | 47 | 52.2 | 15 | 44.1 | 21 | 67.7 |
Oncology specialty | ||||||
Medical Oncology | 28 | 65.1 | 11 | 57.9 | 7 | 70.0 |
Pediatric Oncology | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 |
Radiation Oncology | 5 | 11.6 | 2 | 10.5 | 1 | 10.0 |
Surgical Oncology | 8 | 18.6 | 6 | 31.6 | 1 | 10.0 |
Amount of offices | ||||||
Zero, does not see patients |
20 | 22.7 | 3 | 8.8 | 5 | 16.7 |
One | 50 | 56.8 | 21 | 61.8 | 21 | 70.0 |
Two or more | 18 | 20.5 | 10 | 29.4 | 4 | 13.3 |
Type of medical community | ||||||
Urban | 29 | 33.3 | 14 | 41.2 | 9 | 28.1 |
Suburban | 38 | 43.7 | 12 | 35.3 | 15 | 46.9 |
Rural | 12 | 13.8 | 6 | 17.6 | 5 | 15.6 |
Combination of urban, suburban, and rural |
8 | 9.2 | 2 | 5.9 | 3 | 9.4 |
Length of practice | ||||||
5 years or less | 10 | 12.3 | 5 | 15.2 | 5 | 16.7 |
6 to 20 years | 22 | 27.2 | 6 | 18.2 | 12 | 40.0 |
More than 20 years | 49 | 60.5 | 22 | 66.7 | 13 | 43.3 |
Does respondent find that there are barriers to their participation in clinical research? | ||||||
Yes | 38 | 59.4 | 21 | 61.8 | 17 | 56.7 |
No | 26 | 40.6 | 13 | 38.2 | 13 | 43.3 |
Types of Barriers (reported by those who answered yes above; select all that apply) | ||||||
Lack of access | 17 | 44.7 | 10 | 47.6 | 7 | 41.2 |
Infrastructural needs | 18 | 47.4 | 13 | 61.9 | 5 | 29.4 |
Lack of experience | 15 | 39.5 | 5 | 23.8 | 10 | 58.8 |
Personnel needs | 22 | 57.9 | 15 | 71.4 | 7 | 41.2 |
Time constraints | 23 | 60.5 | 13 | 61.9 | 10 | 58.8 |
Incentives not worth the effort | 11 | 28.9 | 9 | 42.9 | 2 | 11.8 |
Patients are unwilling | 8 | 21.1 | 2 | 9.5 | 6 | 35.3 |