The Association between Emergency Department Super-Utilizer Status and Willingness to Participate in Research

Table 3

Research perceptions by emergency department utilization.

	Super-utilizers (N = 962)	Nonsuper-utilizers (N = 5,877)	value
Ever been in a health research study	16.4%	17.6%	0.3387
Interested in participating in research	97.2%	92.1%	<0.0001
Would you volunteer for a health research study…
That only asked questions about your health?	95.0%	92.9%	0.0168
If researchers wanted to see your medical records?	91.0%	85.3%	<0.0001
If you had to give a blood sample?	90.1%	83.8%	<0.0001
If you were asked to give a sample for genetic studies?	87.0%	83.2%	0.0033
If you might have to take medicine?	71.2%	59.8%	<0.0001
If you were asked to stay overnight in a hospital or clinic?	82.3%	70.2%	<0.0001
If you might have to use medical equipment?	87.9%	81.1%	<0.0001
Would you participate in a study if you did not get paid?	79.6%	77.5%	0.1453
Average trust in research (1–10 scale, 1 = “not at all,” 10 = completely)	7.5	7.2	0.0624
Average trust in researchers (1–10 scale, 1 = “not at all,” 10 = completely)	7.4	7.2	0.1573