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Table 1 Participant-level characteristics in the two groups

From: Health research capacity of professional and technical personnel in a first-class tertiary hospital in northwest China: multilevel repeated measurement, 2013–2017, a pilot study

Characteristics

Comparison group

Research group

P value

n

(%)

N

(%)

Sex

    

0.174

 Male

263

42.69

146

47.40

 

 Female

353

57.31

162

52.60

 

Ethnic

    

0.279

 Minority

27

4.38

9

2.92

 

 Han

589

95.62

299

97.08

 

Degree

    

<0.001

 Doctor

3

0.49

64

20.78

 

 Master

404

65.58

142

46.10

 

 Bachelor

102

16.56

59

19.16

 

 Others

107

17.37

43

13.96

 

Graduate school

    

0.003

 985/211 University

281

45.62

159

51.62

 

 Foreign University

0

0.00

5

1.62

 

 Common University

226

36.69

98

31.82

 

 Others

109

17.69

46

14.94

 

Degree type

    

1.000

 Doctor

452

73.38

226

73.38

 

 Nurse

64

10.39

32

10.39

 

 Medical

54

8.77

27

8.77

 

 Pharmacist

34

5.52

17

5.52

 

 Others

12

1.95

6

1.95

 

Title

    

<0.001

 Junior

302

49.03

23

7.47

 

 Intermediate

200

32.47

85

27.60

 

 Vice-High

80

12.99

100

32.47

 

 Senior

34

5.52

100

32.47

 

Department

    

0.589

 Administration

50

8.12

31

10.06

 

 Medicine

151

24.51

72

23.38

 

 Surgery

176

28.57

91

29.55

 

 Obstetric-Gynaecology

27

4.38

9

2.92

 

 Paediatrics

18

2.92

4

1.30

 

 Medical technician

187

30.36

98

31.82

 

 Ophthalmology

7

1.14

3

0.97

 

In administrative position

    

<0.001

 No

573

93.02

170

55.19

 

 Yes

43

6.98

138

44.81

 

Age (Year), Mean ± SD

37.71 ± 8.90

44.84 ± 8.51

<0.001

Length since graduation (year)a

7.14 (7.58)

11.14 (7.09)

<0.001

Research fund (CNY, 10,000)a

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

<0.001

  1. aMeasured by medium (Inter Quartile Range) and tested by Kruskal–Wallis rank test