| Title: |
GEOGRAPHIC ACCESS DISPARITIES TO CLINICAL TRIALS IN RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN THE UNITED STATES |
| Authors: |
Soares, Rebecca R.; Cai, Louis Z.; Bowe, Theodore; Samuelson, Annika G.; Liu, Catherine K.; Parikh, Devayu; Patel, Samir N.; Hinkle, John W.; Yonekawa, Yoshihiro |
| Source: |
Retina ; volume 41, issue 11, page 2253-2260 ; ISSN 0275-004X |
| Publisher Information: |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Description: |
Background/Purpose: To identify geographic and socioeconomic variables predictive of residential proximity to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) clinical trial locations. Methods: This cross-sectional epidemiological study used census tract–level data from three national public data sets and trial-level data from ClinicalTrials.gov. Socioeconomic predictors of driving distance and time to the nearest ROP clinical trial location were identified. Primary outcomes were time >60 minutes and distance >60 miles traveled to the nearest ROP clinical trial site. Results: Multivariate analysis showed that residents were more likely to travel >60 minutes to the nearest ROP clinical trial site if they lived in census tracts that were rural (adjusted odds ratio 1.20, P = 0.0002), had higher percentages of the population living ≤ federal poverty level (fourth quartile vs. first quartile, adjusted odds ratio 1.19, P < 0.0001), or had less education (associate vs. bachelor's degree, adjusted odds ratio 1.01, P |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1097/iae.0000000000003218 |
| DOI: |
10.1097/IAE.0000000000003218 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1097/iae.0000000000003218; https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/IAE.0000000000003218 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.E20CBC0E |
| Database: |
BASE |