TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical trials attitudes and practices of Latino physicians
AU - Ramirez, Amelie G.
AU - Wildes, Kimberly
AU - Talavera, Greg
AU - Nápoles-Springer, Anna
AU - Gallion, Kipling
AU - Pérez-Stable, Eliseo J.
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - Background: Ethnic differences in physicians' attitudes and behaviors related to clinical trials might partially account for disparities in clinical trial participation among Latino patients. Literature regarding Latino physicians' clinical trials attitudes and practices, in comparison to White physicians, was lacking. Methods: Cross-sectional data from randomly selected physicians (N = 695), stratified by ethnicity, were analyzed to test associations of ethnicity with physicians' participation in and attitudes toward referral of patients to clinical trials. Results: Chi-square analyses showed significant (p < 0.05) associations of physician race/ethnicity and clinical trials involvement, type of trial for which the physician is likely to recommend a patient, belief in scientific value, and factors that would influence recommendation for a patient to participate. Multivariate analyses resulted in several significant (p < 0.05) predictors of clinical trials outcomes, including physician race/ethnicity. Conclusions: Latino physicians were significantly less involved in clinical trials than White physicians and found less scientific value in them, highlighting areas for future education and intervention.
AB - Background: Ethnic differences in physicians' attitudes and behaviors related to clinical trials might partially account for disparities in clinical trial participation among Latino patients. Literature regarding Latino physicians' clinical trials attitudes and practices, in comparison to White physicians, was lacking. Methods: Cross-sectional data from randomly selected physicians (N = 695), stratified by ethnicity, were analyzed to test associations of ethnicity with physicians' participation in and attitudes toward referral of patients to clinical trials. Results: Chi-square analyses showed significant (p < 0.05) associations of physician race/ethnicity and clinical trials involvement, type of trial for which the physician is likely to recommend a patient, belief in scientific value, and factors that would influence recommendation for a patient to participate. Multivariate analyses resulted in several significant (p < 0.05) predictors of clinical trials outcomes, including physician race/ethnicity. Conclusions: Latino physicians were significantly less involved in clinical trials than White physicians and found less scientific value in them, highlighting areas for future education and intervention.
KW - Cancer
KW - Clinical trials participation
KW - Disparities
KW - Hispanic
KW - Latino
KW - Minority populations
KW - Physician race/ethnicity
KW - Recruitment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cct.2007.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cct.2007.11.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 18155966
AN - SCOPUS:44049098197
SN - 1551-7144
VL - 29
SP - 482
EP - 492
JO - Contemporary Clinical Trials
JF - Contemporary Clinical Trials
IS - 4
ER -