Asai Yuki, Takai Yasushi, Kato Hideo, Hiramatsu Shun-Ichi, Miki Yoshihiro, Masuda Naoki, Iwamoto Takuya
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University Hospital, Mie University, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.
Department of Pharmacy, Mie Heart Center Hospital, 222-1 Ooyodo, Meiwa, Taki, Mie, 515-0302, Japan.
J Pharm Health Care Sci. 2024 Oct 17;10(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s40780-024-00385-3.
The support system for research activities has not been sufficiently established in clinical settings. A survey should be conducted to identify the causes of low research activity among pharmacists and the characteristics of pharmacists who could serve as mentors to build a support system at the regional level.
A retrospective cross-sectional survey was conducted with 156 pharmacists, including hospital and community pharmacists, who attended a webinar on research ethics held once a year in Mie Prefecture. Decision tree (DT) analysis was performed to extract the low research activities and pharmacists who could serve as mentors in research activities using independent factors identified by multivariate logistic regression analysis.
The questionnaire response rate was 72.4% (113/156), and most respondents were community pharmacists (81.4%). In the DT model, pharmacists who did not belong to academic societies (78%, 46/59) or those who belonged to one or two academic societies but had no certifications (100%, 5/5) had low research activities. Pharmacists who read papers more than once a month and had a nearby mentor (73%, 11/15) were more likely to become mentors in research activities.
The combination of the number of academic societies and the presence of certifications determines the efforts in research activities. In addition to reading at least one paper monthly, the presence of a mentor for writing research papers may also be a crucial factor in becoming a mentor. The proposed DT model may be helpful in building a support system for research activities at the regional level.
临床环境中尚未充分建立起研究活动的支持体系。应开展一项调查，以确定药剂师研究活动较少的原因以及能够担任导师以在区域层面建立支持体系的药剂师的特征。
对156名药剂师进行了回顾性横断面调查，这些药剂师包括医院药剂师和社区药剂师，他们参加了每年在三重县举办一次的研究伦理网络研讨会。使用多变量逻辑回归分析确定的独立因素，进行决策树（DT）分析，以提取研究活动较少的情况以及能够在研究活动中担任导师的药剂师。
问卷回复率为72.4%（113/156），大多数受访者为社区药剂师（81.4%）。在DT模型中，不属于学术团体的药剂师（78%，46/59）或属于一两个学术团体但没有认证的药剂师（100%，5/5）研究活动较少。每月阅读论文超过一次且附近有导师的药剂师（73%，11/15）更有可能成为研究活动的导师。
学术团体数量和认证情况的组合决定了研究活动中的努力程度。除了每月至少阅读一篇论文外，有撰写研究论文的导师也可能是成为导师的关键因素。所提出的DT模型可能有助于在区域层面建立研究活动的支持体系。
