From: Understanding the attitudes of the elderly towards enrolment into cancer clinical trials
 | Age | Health Status | Cancer Status | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Question | n/N (%) <75 n/N (%) ≥ 75 | p-value | n/N (%) Good/Excellent n/N (%) Poor/Marginal/Ave | p-value |  | p-value |
Recommendation from cancer doctor against participating | 41/44 (93) 44/46 (96) | Â | 43/46 (93) 39/41 (95) | Â | 28/30 (93) 44/47 (94) | Â |
 |  | 0.61 |  | 0.74 |  | 0.96 |
Your cancer doctor did not give you any advice about participating | 34/42 (81) 38/45 (84) | Â | 34/44 (77) 35/40 (88) | Â | 23/28 (82) 37/46 (80) | Â |
 |  | 0.67 |  | 0.22 |  | 0.86 |
Recommendation from your family doctor against participating | 34/44 (77) 38/46 (83) | Â | 39/47 (83) 30/40 (75) | Â | 25/30 (83) 35/47 (74) | Â |
 |  | 0.53 |  | 0.36 |  | 0.36 |
Your family doctor did not give you any advice about participating | 22/43 (51) 28/45 (62) | Â | 24/45 (53) 24/40 (60) | Â | 16/28 (57) 25/47 (53) | Â |
 |  | 0.30 |  | 0.54 |  | 0.74 |
Recommendations from your family and friends against participating | 17/44 (39) 22/45 (49) | Â | 19/47 (40) 17/39 (35) | Â | 12/30 (40) 20/46 (43) | Â |
 |  | 0.33 |  | 0.77 |  | 0.76 |
Your age | 27/43 (63) 26/46 (57) | Â | 26/46 (57) 25/40 (63) | Â | 16/29 (55) 27/47 (57) | Â |
 |  | 0.55 |  | 0.57 |  | 0.85 |
You have other health problems that make you feel too weak to participate | 34/44 (77) 32/43 (74) | Â | 31/44 (70) 32/40 (80) | Â | 20/29 (69) 35/46 (76) | Â |
 |  | 0.76 |  | 0.31 |  | 0.50 |
You have concerns about whether or not the new treatment works | 41/44 (93) 40/46 (87) | Â | 40/46 (87) 38/41 (93) | Â | 27/30 (90) 41/47 (87) | Â |
 |  | 0.33 |  | 0.38 |  | 0.71 |
You are afraid of possible side effects from the new treatment | 33/44 (75) 40/46 (87) | Â | 34/46 (74) 36/41 (88) | Â | 22/30 (73) 38/47 (81) | Â |
 |  | 0.15 |  | 0.10 |  | 0.44 |