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Table 6 Participants' perceptions' of their own recruitment to studies with different levels of risk compared with their willingness to give surrogate consent for recruitment of a family member to similar studies

From: Surrogate consent for critical care research: exploratory study on public perception and influences on recruitment

  

Participants' own views on participation for their spouse, parent or child

  

Spouse

Parent

Child

Scenario

Perception (favourability) for him/her self to be recruited by an LAR

Yes

N (%)

No

N (%)

OR

95% CI

Yes

N (%)

No

N (%)

OR

95% CI

Yes

N (%)

No

N (%)

OR

95% CI

Blood draw study

Positive

186

(86.1)

12

(60.0)

4.13

1.56, 10.95

169

(82.0)

26

(81.3)

1.05

0.41, 2.74

133

(86.9)

12

(57.1)

4.99

1.87, 13.34

 

Negative*

30

(13.9)

8

(40.0)

  

37

(18.0)

6

(18.7)

  

20

(13.1)

9

(42.9)

  

Mattress study

Positive

193

(87.7)

11

(64.7)

3.90

1.33, 11.40

181

(86.2)

21

(70.0)

2.68

1.12, 6.41

149

(92.5)

8

(57.1)

9.31

2.77, 31.26

 

Negative*

27

(12.3)

6

(35.3)

  

29

(13.8)

9

(30.0)

  

12

(7.5)

6

(42.9)

  

Brain sensor study

Positive

127

(62.0)

16

(51.6)

1.53

0.72, 3.26

111

(58.1)

29

(58.0)

1.01

0.54, 1.89

95

(66.0)

17

(60.7)

1.26

0.55, 2.89

 

Negative*

78

(38.0)

15

(48.4)

  

80

(41.9)

21

(42.0)

  

49

(34.0)

11

(39.3)

  

Drug trial

Positive

143

(67.5)

12

(48)

2.25

0.97, 5.18

119

(59.8)

24

(58.5)

1.05

0.53, 2.09

99

(68.8)

15

(65.2)

1.17

0.46, 2.97

 

Negative*

69

(32.5)

13

(52.0)

  

80

(40.2)

17

(41.5)

  

45

(31.2)

8

(34.8)

  
  1. LAR, legally acceptable representative; OR, odds ratio; *reference category for odds ratio; N, number.