Research Article

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

Table 3

Attitudes of ICU patient’s relatives toward informed consent according to their demographic factors.

Demographic factorsDo you agree to provide informed consent for participation in a clinical study on behalf of your patient in ICU?I agree because I think that the study will be beneficial for my patientI agree because I want to support the scientific research
AgreeNeutralDisagree valueAgreeNeutralDisagree valueAgreeNeutralDisagree value

Gender0.5140.5030.206
 Male72 (70.6%)6 (5.9%)24 (23.5%)69 (67.6%)6 (5.9%)27 (26.5%)17 (16.7%)21 (20.6%)64 (62.7%)
 Female61 (74.4%)2 (2.4%)19 (23.2%)59 (72.0%)2 (2.4%)21 (25.6%)7 (8.5%)15 (18.3%)60 (73.2%)

Age0.4910.5210.069
 18–3020 (83.3%)0 (0.0%)4 (16.7%)20 (83.3%)0 (0.0%)4 (16.7%)2 (8.3%)4 (16.7%)18 (75.0%)
 31–4039 (73.6%)4 (7.5%)10 (18.9%)36 (67.9%)4 (7.5%)13 (24.5%)2 (3.8%)16 (30.2%)35 (66.0%)
 41–5036 (65.5%)2 (3.6%)17 (30.9%)35 (63.6%)2 (3.6%)18 (32.5%)9 (16.4%)8 (14.5%)38 (69.1%)
 >5038 (73.1%)2 (3.8%)12 (23.1%)37 (71.2%)2 (3.8%)13 (25.0%)11 (21.2%)8 (21.2%)33 (63.5%)

Education status0.9860.9910.228
 Primary15 (71.4%)1 (4.8%)5 (23.8%)14 (66.7%)1 (4.8%)6 (28.6%)2 (9.5%)4 (19.0%)15 (71.4%)
 Secondary31 (77.5%)1 (2.5%)8 (20.0%)29 (72.5%)1 (2.5%)10 (25.0%)5 (12.5%)9 (22.5%)26 (65.0%)
 Diploma26 (68.4%)2 (5.3%)10 (26.1%)25 (65.8%)2 (5.3%)11 (28.9%)10 (26.3%)6 (15.8%)22 (57.9%)
 University61 (71.8%)4 (4.7%)20 (23.5%)60 (70.6%)4 (4.7%)21 (24.7%)7 (8.2%)17 (20.0%)61 (71.8%)

Relatedness0.140.0350.006
 Husband/wife17 (60.7%)4 (14.3%)7 (25.0%)17 (60.7%)4 (14.3%)7 (25.0%)3 (10.7%)10 (35.7%)15 (53.6%)
 Father/mother56 (84.8%)2 (3.0%)8 (12.1%)53 (80.3%)2 (3.0%)11 (16.7%)4 (6.1%)13 (19.7%)49 (74.2%)
 Son/daughter36 (67.9%)1 (1.9%)16 (30.2%)35 (66.0%)1 (1.9%)17 (32.1%)14 (26.4%)8 (15.1%)31 (58.5%)
 Sister/brother24 (64.9%)1 (2.7%)12 (32.4%)23 (62.2%)1 (2.7%)13 (35.1%)3 (8.1%)5 (13.5%)29 (78.4%)