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Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents

From: Health researchers’ experiences, perceptions and barriers related to sharing study results with participants

 

Number (% of survey respondents) or Mean ± SD

Gender (n = 350)

 Female

202 (57.7%)

 Male

147 (42.0%)

 Other

1 (0.3%)

Age (n = 311)

50.6 ± 11.3

Degrees held (n = 353)a

 PhD

199 (56.4%)

 MD

158 (44.8%)

 MPH

38 (10.8%)

 MA/MSc as highest degree

5 (1.4%)

 PharmD

2 (0.6%)

 Other

21 (5.9%)

Primary academic appointment (n = 359)

 Medicine

234 (65.2%)

 Public health

30 (8.4%)

 Allied health professions

24 (6.7%)

 Nursing

21 (5.8%)

 Optometry

5 (1.4%)

 Pharmacy

5 (1.4%)

 Psychology

5 (1.4%)

 Other

35 (9.7%)

Ever served as PI, Co-PI or Co-I for the following funders (n = 359)a

 NIH

262 (73.0%)

 CDC

53 (14.8%)

 AHRQ

42 (11.7%)

 PCORI

39 (10.9%)

 Other

186 (51.8%)

Number of completed health research studies as PI, Co-PI or Co-I (n = 358)

14.0 ± 22.6

Percent FTE allocated to research (n = 356)

52.3 ± 29.8

 0.0% FTE

2 (0.6%)

 1.0%–33.3% FTE

107 (30.0%)

 33.4%–66.7% FTE

105 (29.4%)

 66.8%–99.9% FTE

123 (34.5%)

 100% FTE

20 (5.6%)

Percent of research defined as CBPR (n = 353)

15.7 ± 27.2

 0.0% of research as CBPR

185 (52.6%)

 1.0%–33.3% of research as CBPR

108 (30.7%)

 33.4%–66.7% of research as CBPR

25 (7.1%)

 66.8%–99.9% of research as CBPR

24 (6.8%)

 100% FTE

10 (2.8%)

  1. Note. Percentages are based on the number of valid responses for each item
  2. aRespondents could select more than one response
  3. AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, CBPR Community-based participatory research, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Co-I co-investigator, Co-PI co-principal investigator, FTE full-time equivalent, NIH National Institutes of Health, PCORI Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, PI principal investigator