The Attitudes of Relatives of ICU Patients toward Informed Consent for Clinical Research

Table 1

Characteristics of ICU patient’s relatives.

Demographic characteristics of relatives (n = 184)	N (%)
Gender
Male	102 (55.4%)
Female	82 (44.6%)
Age
18–30	24 (13.0%)
31–40	53 (28.8%)
41–50	55 (29.9%)
>50	52 (28.3%)
Education status
Primary school	21 (11.4%)
Secondary school	40 (21.7%)
Diploma	38 (20.7%)
University degree	85 (46.2%)
Relatedness
Spouses (husband/wife)	28 (15.2%)
Parents (father/mother)	66 (35.9%)
Children (son/dughter)	53 (28.8%)
Siblings (sister/brother)	37 (20.1%)