Mahmoud Abdulraheem O, Ayanniyi Adeyinka A, Lawal Abdul, Omolase Charles O, Ologunsua Yinka, Samaila Elsie
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Ann Afr Med. 2011 Apr-Jun;10(2):144-9. doi: 10.4103/1596-3519.82078.
To study the views of medical specialists on their attitude to and the resources for health research in Nigeria and draw appropriate policy implications.
Structured questionnaires were distributed to consenting 90 randomly selected medical specialists practising in six Nigerian tertiary health institutions. Participants' background information, importance attached to research, motivations for conducting research, funding, ethical oversight, literature search, and statistical support were probed. The coded responses were stored and analyzed using the statistical SPSS software.
Fifty-one out of the 90 questionnaires distributed were returned, giving a response rate of 63.3%. Research function was rated third by 64.7% of the respondents after hospital service (72.5%) and teaching (66.0%). Advancement of knowledge was the strongest motivating factor for conducting research (78.4%). Securing funding (94%) and finding time (80%) were their major constraints. Only a minority of the respondents, 20% and 14%, respectfully, positively rated the quality and promptness of the decisions of their institutions' ethical organs in the highest category. Most of their literature search was conducted on the internet (96.1%) and they stored and analyzed their research data with commonly available statistical software.
Our study respondents regarded research highly but were severely constrained in conducting research by lack of access to sources of funding from within and outside Nigeria and finding time from core hospital functions. We recommend periodic (re)training in research particularly on how to apply for research grants and giving some protected research time for Nigerian medical specialists in order to boost their research function.
研究尼日利亚医学专家对健康研究的态度及相关资源，并得出适当的政策启示。
向尼日利亚六所三级医疗机构中随机抽取的90名同意参与的医学专家发放结构化问卷。调查了参与者的背景信息、对研究的重视程度、开展研究的动机、资金、伦理监督、文献检索和统计支持等方面。对编码后的回答进行存储，并使用统计软件SPSS进行分析。
发放的90份问卷中，有51份被收回，回复率为63.3%。在受访者中，64.7%的人认为研究职能在医院服务（72.5%）和教学（66.0%）之后排第三位。知识进步是开展研究的最强动机（78.4%）。获取资金（94%）和抽出时间（80%）是他们的主要制约因素。只有少数受访者，分别为20%和14%，对其所在机构伦理委员会决策的质量和及时性给予了最高等级的肯定评价。他们的大多数文献检索是在互联网上进行的（96.1%），并且他们使用常用的统计软件存储和分析研究数据。
我们的研究受访者高度重视研究，但在开展研究时受到严重制约，原因是无法从尼日利亚国内外获得资金来源，以及难以从核心医院职能中抽出时间。我们建议定期对研究进行（再）培训，特别是关于如何申请研究资助，并为尼日利亚医学专家提供一些受保护的研究时间，以增强他们的研究职能。
