Factors associated with willingness to participate in clinical trials: a nationwide survey study.

Background: This study was conducted to investigate awareness of clinical trials (CTs) including perceptions of favorable feelings about, necessity for, and safety of CTs, the ultimate beneficiary of CTs and the factors associated with willingness to participate in CTs among the general population in South Korea.

Methods: A cross sectional survey study was conducted in a randomly selected national sample of 1,515 Korean.

Results: Perception toward CTs was measured using a scale from 0 (strongly disagree) to 10 (strongly agree).