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Table 4 Prevention of Diseases, deaths and living standards of trial participants

From: Factors influencing willingness to participate in new drug trial studies: a study among parents whose children were recruited into these trials in northern Ghana

Variables

N = 394 frequency

Percentage

Reduce frequency of diseases

 Yes

392

99.5

 No

2

0.5

Reduce frequency of deaths

 Yes

367

93.1

 No

23

5.9

 Don’t know

4

1.0

Malaria prevention

 Yes

388

98.5

 No

5

1.3

 Don’t know

1

0.3

Improve living standards

 Yes

373

96.1

 No

14

3.6

 Don’t know

1

0.3

How living standard improved

 Refund

54

13.9

 Free medical care

97

25.0

 Improve child health

225

58.9

 Employment

2

0.5

 Other

16

1.7