Research collaboration in Tehran University of Medical Sciences: two decades after integration

Table 2 Collaboration with research users at various stages of research, according to the type of research

	Basic (n = 46)		Clinical (n = 101)		Health (n = 61)
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Choosing the research topic	14	30.4	75	74.3	37	60.7
Design of the objective and methodology of the project	11	23.9	45	44.6	36	59.0
Execution of the project	8	17.4	26	25.7	30	49.2
Analysis and interpretation of research results	4	8.7	27	26.7	16	26.2
Preparation of reports	7	15.2	24	23.8	11	18.0
Dissemination of the research results	7	15.2	23	22.8	18	29.5
No collaboration	20	43.5	21	20.8	10	16.4
Number of collaborations: Mean*(sd)	1.19 (1.33)		2.25 (1.53)		2.47 (1.60)

* Based on the analysis of variance done the mean number of cases of collaboration in basic sciences had significant differences with clinical and HSR groups with a P < 0.001 in both cases. This is such that the P of the two groups (clinical and HSR) is almost 0.38.

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