Table 5 Current individual research activities and provisions for research items for all participants and health sector subgroups
From: The research capacity and culture of Australian podiatrists
Activity | All podiatrists | Private | Public community | Public hospital | Non-clinical | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 238) | (n = 131) | (n = 45) | (n = 28) | (n = 28) | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n(%) | n (%) | p | OR, 95% CI | |
Not currently involved with research | 143 (60) | 108 (82) | 20 (44) | 12 (43) | 4 (14) | <0.001 | 0.33, 0.24-0.45 |
Collecting data eg surveys, interviews | 49 (21) | 8 (6) | 11 (24) | 10 (36) | 18 (64) | <0.001 | 2.73, 1.99-3.73 |
Writing a research report, presentation or paper for publication | 44 (18) | 9 (7) | 5 (11) | 8 (28) | 21 (75) | <0.001 | 3.12, 2.22-4.39 |
Analysing quantitative research data | 28 (12) | 4 (3) | 2 (4) | 5 (18) | 16 (57) | <0.001 | 3.57, 2.33-5.49 |
Writing a literature review | 27 (11) | 6 (5) | 5 (11) | 3 (11) | 13 (46) | <0.001 | 2.40, 1.67-3.45 |
Submitting an ethics application | 27 (11) | 3 (2) | 3 (7) | 5 (18) | 16 (57) | <0.001 | 3.76, 2.42-5.84 |
Writing a research protocol | 23 (9) | 3 (2) | 1 (2) | 3 (11) | 16 (57) | <0.001 | 4.28, 2.57-7.13 |
Applying for research funding | 16 (7) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 3 (11) | 12 (43) | <0.001 | 6.87, 2.99-15.75 |
Analysing qualitative research data | 15 (6) | 2 (2) | 2 (4) | 5 (18) | 5 (18) | 0.001 | 2.35, 1.46-3.80 |
Other (Including – mentoring, clinical audits, post graduate studies including research, ethics committee representative. | 12 (3) | 7 (5) | 8 (18) | 1 (4) | 3 (11) | 0.480 | 1.16, 0.77-1.75 |
Provisions for research | |||||||
No provisions | 106 (45) | 83 (63) | 12 (27) | 11 (39) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | 0.35, 0.25-0.50 |
Access to computers | 101 (42) | 31 (24) | 28 (63) | 15 (54) | 27(96) | <0.001 | 2.63, 1.94-3.57 |
Library access | 57 (24) | 5 (4) | 15 (33) | 16 (57) | 21 (75) | <0.001 | 3.75, 2.65-5.32 |
Time | 41 (17) | 10 (8) | 9 (20) | 9 (32) | 13 (46) | <0.001 | 2.09, 1.54-2.83 |
Access to research experts | 32 (13) | 2 (2) | 9 (20) | 8 (29) | 13 (46) | <0.001 | 2.91, 2.02-4.19 |
Software | 30 (13) | 7 (5) | 4 (9) | 3 (11) | 16 (57) | <0.001 | 2.66, 1.85-3.81 |
Research supervision | 26 (11) | 3 (2) | 5 (11) | 6 (21) | 12 (43) | <0.001 | 2.86, 1.93-4.23 |
Research equipment (e.g. digital recorders) | 23 (10) | 2 (2) | 3 (7) | 4 (14) | 14 (50) | <0.001 | 3.78, 2.38-6.07 |
Training | 21 (9) | 0 (0) | 5 (11) | 6 (21) | 10 (36) | <0.001 | 3.39, 2.12-5.40 |
Administrative support | 20 (8) | 7 (5) | 3 (7) | 2 (7) | 8 (3) | 0.003 | 1.79, 1.22-2.64 |
Research funds | 15 (6) | 2 (2) | 2 (4) | 2 (7) | 9 (32) | <0.001 | 3.05, 1.81-5.12 |
Other | 9 (4) | 5 (4) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (11) | 0.439 | 1.26, 0.71-2.22 |
Average number of provisions per podiatrist | 2.02 | 1.20 | 2.13 | 2.93 | 5.21 | 0.034 | 1.00, 0.13-1.32 |