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Francis Amagoh, Przemysław Stach.

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Clinical trials sometimes fail due to insufficient number of study participants. It is therefore, important to understand the potential barriers to recruitment of study subjects. Consequently, this study explored the similarities and differences in attitudes of university undergraduate students in Poland and Kazakhstan toward participating clinical research. The study involved a total of 337 participants (consisting of 175 students in Poland and 162 students in Kazakhstan) who completed the survey questionnaires to indicate their attitudes, perceptions, and motivations about participating in clinical trials. The questionnaire items were classified under six domains: Knowledge and experience; Beliefs; Feelings or emotions; Motivations; Concerns; and Demographic information. Results of the study identified 9 items within the domains of “Beliefs”, “Feelings”, and “Motivations” with similar responses among the two sampled groups. Additionally, there were 9 items within the domains of “Beliefs”, “Motivations”, and “Concerns” with significant differences in attitudes and perceptions between the two sampled groups. Lack of adequate public information campaigns has led to misconceptions about the clinical trials process. Efforts should be made through public information campaigns to educate the public about the benefits of participating in clinical research. Since university undergraduate students are future opinion leaders, improving their attitudes toward clinical trials would be critical in this process. Keywords clinical trials, attitudes, motivations, knowledge, recruitment, cross-cultural research

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