Table 6 Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with high willingness (> 70%) to participate in clinical trials.

From: Survey of willingness to participate in clinical trials and influencing factors among cancer and non-cancer patients

Variables

Univariable

Multivariable

Model 1a

Model 2b

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Gender, Male

1.81

1.18, 2.78

0.006

1.75

1.11, 2.75

0.015

1.61

0.97, 2.70

0.071

Employment status

         

   Employed

1.00

Ref

Ref

1.00

Ref

Ref

1.00

Ref

Ref

   Unemployed

0.57

0.36, 0.90

0.016

0.40

0.18, 0.89

0.026

0.37

0.15, 0.95

0.039

   Retired

1.02

0.55, 1.89

0.951

0.63

0.29, 1.38

0.244

0.56

0.23, 1.34

0.193

Monthly Income

         

   < RM1200

1.00

Ref

Ref

1.00

Ref

Ref

1.00

Ref

Ref

   RM1200–RM2999

0.97

0.53, 1.77

0.921

0.43

0.18, 1.01

0.054

0.52

0.19, 1.40

0.195

   RM3000–RM4999

1.23

0.62, 2.47

0.557

0.49

0.19, 1.26

0.138

0.45

0.15, 1.33

0.146

   ≥ RM5000

2.45

1.28, 4.66

0.006

0.75

0.30, 1.89

0.545

0.78

0.27, 2.29

0.650

Prior clinical trial exposure

2.44

1.59, 3.76

< 0.001

1.23

0.69, 2.19

0.486

0.89

0.46, 1.72

0.739

Knowledge

1.02

1.01, 1.02

< 0.001

1.01

1.01, 1.02

< 0.001

1.01

1.00, 1.02

0.069

Perceived benefits

1.11

1.08, 1.14

< 0.001

NA

NA

NA

1.10

1.06, 1.13

< 0.001

Perceived risks

0.96

0.95, 0.98

< 0.001

NA

NA

NA

0.95

0.93, 0.96

< 0.001

Confidence in clinical trial conducts

1.07

1.05, 1.09

< 0.001

NA

NA

NA

1.03

1.00, 1.05

0.024

Religious barriers

0.98

0.97, 0.99

0.004

NA

NA

NA

0.99

0.98, 1.01

0.368

  1. aModel 1 includes gender, employment status, monthly income, prior clinical trial exposure, and knowledge score. bModel 2 includes all variables in Model 1 and scores for perceived benefit, perceived risk, confidence in clinical trial conducts, and religious barriers. OR, odd ratio; CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable, ref, reference.