Patient attitudes to clinical trials: Development of a questionnaire and results from asthma and cancer patients

Health Expectations

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 244-252

  Jenkinson, Crispin ^a   Burton, John S ^b   Cartwright, Julia ^c   Magee, Helen ^c   Hall, Ian ^d   Alcock, Chris ^e   Burge, Sherwood ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Canada House   (United Kingdom)

^c PICKER INSTITUTE EUROPE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes to clinical trials; Clinical trials questionnaire; Patient surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIALS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 23844542077     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2005.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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