Distrust, race, and research
Distrust, race, and research
复制标题
DOI:
10.1001/archinte.162.21.2458
复制
发表时间:
2002-11-25
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
St George, DMM
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Corbie-Smith, G;Thomas, SB;St George, DMM
Background: Investigators have voiced concerns that distrust of research and the medical community impedes successful recruitment of African Americans into clinical research.Objectives: To examine possible differences in distrust by race and to determine to what extent other sociodemographic factors explain any racial differences in distrust.Methods: We analyzed data from 527 African American and 382 white respondents of a national telephone survey on participation in clinical research. Our main outcome measure was a 7-item index of distrust.Results: African American respondents were more likely than white respondents not to trust that their physicians would fully explain research participation (41.7% vs 23.4%, P