Clinical trial risk opinions adults worldwide 2019 | Statista

This statistic depicts the percentage of people worldwide that felt that there were select risks in participating in clinical research studies as of 2019. According to the survey, 36 percent of respondents indicated that the possibility of side effects was a risk in participating in clinical research studies.

Percentage of adults that believe there are select risks in participating in a clinical research study as of 2019

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Possibility of side effects	36%
Possible risks to overall health	29%
Possibility of receiving a placebo or sugar pill	8%
Possibility of stopping treatments that may be providing some benefit to me already	8%

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Release date

December 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

June and July 2019

Number of respondents

12,541 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Which one of the following do you consider to be the greatest risk of participating in a clinical research study?"

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