Research Article

Acceptance Factors and Psychological Investigation of Clinical Trials in Cancer Patients

Table 2

Correlation matrix of willingness and demographics and SAS and SDS scoring variables.

MeanSD1234567891011121314

(1) Age58.6012.951
(2) Gender1.480.50-0.331
(3) Education1.910.73-0.18-0.111
(4) Marriage2.100.530.14-0.07-0.061
(5) Residence2.390.79-0.030.11-0.39-0.011
(6) Monthly income1.660.64-0.08-0.120.420.02-0.271
(7) Payment method1.050.22-0.02-0.06-0.060.070.10-0.011
(8) Treatment time2.330.97-0.140.040.10-0.050.010.000.011
(9) Awareness1.710.470.05-0.02-0.180.010.07-0.05-0.13-0.181
(10) Subject1.860.35-0.050.070.060.05-0.130.04-0.15-0.130.531
(11) Ways1.580.810.05-0.230.24-0.09-0.350.06-0.03-0.160.070.461
(12) SAS45.3313.010.150.07-0.07-0.090.020.010.00-0.060.160.050.171
(13) SDS50.6911.800.040.19-0.07-0.060.04-0.08-0.04-0.020.260.250.200.621
(14) Willingness2.050.860.000.02-0.100.03-0.06-0.090.01-0.160.160.430.240.010.101

Note: The correlations marked in bold in the table are statistically significant. Ways are patients’ access to clinical trials. The connotation of other variables is shown in Table 1.