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PARTAKE survey of public knowledge and perceptions of clinical research in India.

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Burt, Tal
Dhillon, Savita
Sharma, Pooja
Khan, Danish
Mv, Deepa
Alam, Sazid
Jain, Sarika
Alapati, Bhavana
Mittal, Sanjay
Singh, Padam
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BACKGROUND: A public that is an informed partner in clinical research is important for ethical, methodological, and operational reasons. There are indications that the public is unaware or misinformed, and not sufficiently engaged in clinical research but studies on the topic are lacking. PARTAKE - Public Awareness of Research for Therapeutic Advancements through Knowledge and Empowerment is a program aimed at increasing public awareness and partnership in clinical research. The PARTAKE Survey is a component of the program. OBJECTIVE: To study public knowledge and perceptions of clinical research. METHODS: A 40-item questionnaire combining multiple-choice and open-ended questions was administered to 175 English- or Hindi-speaking individuals in 8 public locations representing various socioeconomic strata in New Delhi, India. RESULTS: Interviewees were 18-84 old (mean: 39.6, SD ± 16.6), 23.6% female, 68.6% employed, 7.3% illiterate, 26.3% had heard of research, 2.9% had participated and 58.9% expressed willingness to participate in clinical research. The following perceptions were reported (% true/% false/% not aware): 'research benefits society' (94.1%/3.5%/2.3%), 'the government protects against unethical clinical research' (56.7%/26.3%/16.9%), 'research hospitals provide better care' (67.2%/8.7%/23.9%), 'confidentiality is adequately protected' (54.1%/12.3%/33.5%), 'participation in research is voluntary' (85.3%/5.8%/8.7%); 'participants treated like 'guinea pigs'' (20.7%/53.2%/26.0%), and 'compensation for participation is adequate' (24.7%/12.9%/62.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest the Indian public is aware of some key features of clinical research (e.g., purpose, value, voluntary nature of participation), and supports clinical research in general but is unaware of other key features (e.g., compensation, confidentiality, protection of human participants) and exhibits some distrust in the conduct and reporting of clinical trials. Larger, cross-cultural surveys are required to inform educational programs addressing these issues.
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biomedical Research
Female
Humans
India
Male
Middle Aged
Public Opinion
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9360
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10.1371/journal.pone.0068666
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Burt, Tal; Dhillon, Savita; Sharma, Pooja; Khan, Danish; Mv, Deepa; Alam, Sazid; ... Singh, Padam (2013). PARTAKE survey of public knowledge and perceptions of clinical research in India. PLoS One, 8(7). pp. e68666. 10.1371/journal.pone.0068666. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9360.
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Tal Burt

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Tal Burt, MD is a Board-Certified psychiatrist and clinical researcher trained in Israel, Italy, France, and the United States.  After joining the faculty at the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Burt joined Pfizer Inc., and then Eisai Pharmaceuticals, as Senior Medical Director with responsibilities in all phases of clinical research and development. He then joined Duke and was the founding director of the Investigational Medicine Unit (IMU) in Singapore and th
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