EURADIA, Chichester, UK.
Health Outcomes Insights Ltd (Formerly DHP Research), Oxfordshire, UK.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2023 Apr;198:110597. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110597. Epub 2023 Feb 23.
Between late 2020 and early 2022, EURADIA undertook a survey of organisations and individuals supporting or working in the field of diabetes research with the aim of understanding better the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on funding for diabetes research in Europe.
Information was collected via online survey augmented in some cases by face-to-face interviews.
Findings were mixed but the majority of those responding suggested a moderate impact of the pandemic on diabetes research activity. Many respondents reported a reduction in funding during the pandemic and many of those involved in clinical research experienced a reduction in research clinicians' availability for diabetes research as they were redeployed to Covid-19 patient care. It was frequently reported that the impact might not be fully appreciated until several years after the end of the pandemic.
This preliminary survey suggests there may be a significant impact of the pandemic on all aspects of diabetes research and that a more detailed follow-up on the impact of the pandemic on funding of diabetes research should be carried out in the future.
在 2020 年末至 2022 年初,EURADIA 对支持或从事糖尿病研究领域的组织和个人进行了一项调查,旨在更好地了解新冠疫情对欧洲糖尿病研究资金的影响。
通过在线调查收集信息,在某些情况下通过面对面访谈进行补充。
调查结果喜忧参半,但大多数受访者认为疫情对糖尿病研究活动有一定的影响。许多受访者报告说,在疫情期间资金减少了,许多参与临床研究的人员因为被重新部署到新冠患者护理中,用于糖尿病研究的临床医生可利用的资源减少了。人们经常报告说,这种影响可能要在疫情结束几年后才能完全显现出来。
这项初步调查表明,疫情可能对糖尿病研究的所有方面都产生重大影响,未来应该对疫情对糖尿病研究资金的影响进行更详细的跟踪调查。