Ani Chidiebere Kingsley, Bassey Aniekeme Sunday, Osaghae Osahon Joseph, Eroh Miriam Uzezi
Department of Paediatrics, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
Department of Radiology, Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Dec 23;24(1):1521. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06548-y.
Medical research is an essential aspect of the training of resident doctors and is required by postgraduate medical colleges in Nigeria as part of the fulfilment of fellowship awards. However, research participation among resident doctors in Nigeria is low, despite seemingly high interest in research among resident doctors. The objective of our study is to examine the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers related to medical research among resident doctors in a public and private tertiary care in Nigeria.
The study is a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out between November 2023 and December 2023 in a public tertiary hospital and a private tertiary hospital in Nigeria. A total of 352 participants were recruited for the study-303 from the public tertiary hospital and 49 from the private tertiary hospital. The obtained data were analysed using SPSS Statistics version 26 (IBM Corp. Released 2019. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.). The significance level was set at P < 0.005.
The majority (63.92%) of the participants had spent between 2 and 5 years in residency training. A total of 57.67% had participated in research other than dissertations, while 35.23% had participated in research publications. The majority (48.58%) of participants assessed their research knowledge to be fair, whereas 2.56% assessed their knowledge to be excellent. Multivariate analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between self-reported knowledge of research and the number of research publications (adjusted ρ = 0.332; P < 0.001). The leading (60.8%) barrier to research participation among resident doctors in Nigeria was lack of time due to stress/pressure of the residency program. An overwhelming majority (95.17%) of resident doctors have shown interest in research participation, and up to 75.87% even want it to be mandatory for all resident doctors in Nigeria.
This study showed that despite limited participation, resident doctors have a positive attitude towards research. However, there is a struggle to translate this enthusiasm into practical application; hence, there is a need to address the barriers to effective participation of resident doctors in medical research.
医学研究是住院医生培训的一个重要方面，尼日利亚的研究生医学院要求开展医学研究作为获得奖学金的一部分。然而，尽管住院医生对研究的兴趣看似很高，但尼日利亚住院医生的研究参与率却很低。我们研究的目的是调查尼日利亚公立和私立三级医疗机构中住院医生与医学研究相关的知识、态度、实践和障碍。
本研究是一项描述性横断面研究，于2023年11月至2023年12月在尼日利亚的一家公立三级医院和一家私立三级医院进行。共招募了352名参与者——303名来自公立三级医院，49名来自私立三级医院。使用SPSS Statistics 26版（IBM公司。2019年发布。适用于Windows的IBM SPSS Statistics，版本26.0。纽约州阿蒙克：IBM公司）对获得的数据进行分析。显著性水平设定为P < 0.005。
大多数（63.92%）参与者接受住院医师培训的时间为2至5年。共有57.67% 的人参与过除论文之外的研究，而35.23% 的人参与过研究发表。大多数（48.58%）参与者认为自己的研究知识水平一般，而2.56% 的人认为自己的知识水平优秀。多变量分析显示，自我报告的研究知识与研究发表数量之间存在显著正相关（调整后ρ = 0.332；P < 0.001）。尼日利亚住院医生参与研究的主要障碍（60.8%）是由于住院医师培训项目的压力而缺乏时间。绝大多数（95.17%）住院医生表示有兴趣参与研究，甚至高达75.87% 的人希望研究参与对尼日利亚所有住院医生来说是强制性的。
本研究表明，尽管参与度有限，但住院医生对研究持积极态度。然而，将这种热情转化为实际行动存在困难；因此，有必要解决阻碍住院医生有效参与医学研究的障碍。
