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Barriers to clinical research in Africa: a quantitative and qualitative survey of clinical researchers in 27 African countries
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Background There is a need for high quality research to improve perioperative patient care in Africa. The aim of this study was to understand the particular barriers to clinical research in this environment.Methods We conducted an electronic survey of African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS) investigators, including 29 quantitative Likert scale questions and eight qualitative questions with subsequent thematic analysis. Protocol compliant and non-compliant countries were compared according to WHO statistics for research and development, health workforce data, and world internet statistics.Results Responses were received from 134/418 of invited researchers in 24/25 (96%) of participating countries, and three non-participating countries. Barriers included lack of a dedicated research team (47.7%), reliable internet access (32.6%), staff skilled in research (31.8%), and team commitment (23.8%). Protocol compliant countries had significantly more physicians per 1000 population (4 vs 0.9, P<0.01), internet penetration (38% vs 28%, P=0.01) and published clinical trials (1461 vs 208, P<0.01) compared with non-compliant countries. Facilitators of research included establishing a research culture (86.9%), simple data collection tools (80%), and ASOS team interaction (77.9%). Most participants are interested in future research (93.8%). Qualitative data reiterated human resource, financial resource, and regulatory barriers. However, the desire to contribute to an African collaboration producing relevant data to improve patient outcomes was expressed strongly by ASOS investigators.Conclusions Barriers to successful participation in ASOS related to resource limitations and not motivation of the clinician investigators. Practical solutions to individual barriers may increase the success of multi-centre perioperative research in Africa.
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- Authors
- Conradie, A., Duys, R., Forget, P., & Biccard, B. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Conradie, A.
- Venue
- British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-10
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 813-821
- ISSN
- 0007-0912 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2884038031
- Cited by
- 129
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 7.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- British Journal of Anaesthesia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health and Surgery
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Keywords
- barriers to clinical research, research capacity, research workforce, internet access, research funding, research regulation, research culture, Africa
- MeSH terms
- Africa, Clinical Trials as Topic, Culture, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Research, Research Personnel, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Guideline Adherence, Internet, Qualitative Research, Quality Improvement
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