Mahmoud Abdulraheem O, Ayanniyi Abdulkabir A, Lawal Abdu, Omolase Charles O, Ologunsua Yinka, Samaila Elsie
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2011 Apr;18(2):164-9. doi: 10.4103/0974-9233.80707.
To study the views of ophthalmologists on research priorities and outcomes in Nigeria.
A structured questionnaire was distributed to 120 ophthalmologists and ophthalmic residents who were attending an annual congress in Nigeria. The participants' background information, relative research priorities, frequency of publications, research types, publication media, challenges faced in publishing and impact on health practice or policy were collected.
Eighty-nine (74.2%) of the 120 questionnaires were returned. Childhood blindness was given the highest priority for ophthalmic research by 42.9% of the respondents, and genetic studies had the least priority (19.8%). About two-thirds of the respondents had either never been involved or only involved occasionally in any type of ophthalmic research. Clinical trials (13.1%) and basic science studies (12%) were the least-performed types of research. About 51% of the respondents indicated that they had never published in journals nor did so "occasionally"; only 9% quarterly and 43% published less than once a year. They also indicated that their research very rarely resulted in change of clinical practice or health policy (20%).
Research works conducted by respondents were largely simple low-budget ones that rarely had significant impacts and outcomes, including publication. There is a need to retrain and emphasize the importance of research during undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Adequate resources and research infrastructure should be provided for ophthalmic research in Nigeria.
研究尼日利亚眼科医生对研究重点和成果的看法。
向参加尼日利亚年度大会的120名眼科医生和眼科住院医师发放了一份结构化问卷。收集了参与者的背景信息、相对研究重点、发表频率、研究类型、发表媒介、发表面临的挑战以及对健康实践或政策的影响。
120份问卷中有89份（74.2%）被收回。42.9%的受访者将儿童失明列为眼科研究的最高优先事项，而基因研究的优先程度最低（19.8%）。约三分之二的受访者从未参与或只是偶尔参与任何类型的眼科研究。临床试验（13.1%）和基础科学研究（12%）是开展最少的研究类型。约51%的受访者表示他们从未在期刊上发表过文章，也不是“偶尔”发表；只有9%的人每季度发表一次，43%的人每年发表次数少于一次。他们还表示，他们的研究很少导致临床实践或卫生政策的改变（20%）。
受访者开展的研究工作大多是简单的低预算研究，很少产生重大影响和成果，包括发表。有必要在本科和研究生医学教育期间重新培训并强调研究的重要性。应为尼日利亚的眼科研究提供充足的资源和研究基础设施。
