A Study of Financial Attitude of Individuals Who Participated in Clinical Trials

• Main Authors: YANG,YUEH-HUA, 楊月華
• Other Authors: PAN,CHUNG-YU
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/njp7e2

碩士 === 東海大學 === 工業工程與經營資訊學系 === 107 === The purpose of this study is to investigate the mentality and financial attitude of individuals who attended generic drug clinical trials, and whether it reflects the risk that young people are willing to bear short-term discomfort in exchange for money. The study subjects were volunteers who participated in the clinical trial of a generic drug in a clinical trial entrusting institution. After the announcement of the recruitment conditions, 20 to 45 years old healthy volunteers who fit in the conditions were asked to fill in the questionnaire survey. The questionnaire includes personal information, family background, motivation, and financial attitude. The statistical results found several common characteristics in the study group: the number of individuals who is unmarried, low-income, living expenses over 20,000 NTD, low-education parents, less financial support, and participated 4-times higher than others. The major motivation for participation was to increase income. The main sources of recruitment information were the company website and Facebook. Most of the participants' reaction to clinical trials are positive and they are willing to inform their family and encourage friends to join those clinical trials The analysis of financial attitudes indicated that: (1) Education played a role in financial attitude. Individuals who had a bachelor degree think that money stands for success. Individuals who had a graduate degree showed less concern about money. However, it is possible that higher educated people just didn't reveal their privacy. (2) people who are positive to generic drugs, clinical trial, family informing, are tend to save money for the future or make financial plans in case of emergency on their financial attitude. (3) people who are older, and negative to generic drugs, telling family, the trial doctors are embarrassed, hesitant, and skeptical on their financial attitude.