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Table 2 Proportion of survey respondents with high scoresa on the Edmonton Research Orientation Survey (EROS), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia

From: Determinants of research engagement in academic obstetrics and gynaecology

Characteristic

Total No.

Respondents with high scoresa

Odds ratio

95 % CI

P value

No.

%

Age

 <50 years

70

24

34.3

1.13

0.51–2.51

0.75

 >=50

60

19

31.7

1.00

(−)

-

Research degree

 MSc

21

8

38.1

1.27

0.68–2.38

0.46

 PhD

12

6

50.0

1.67

0.88–3.18

0.19

 No MSc or PhD

97

29

29.9

1.00

(−)

-

Research forum attendee

 Yes

57

26

45.6

2.66

1.77–6.08

0.01

 No

71

17

23.9

1.00

(−)

-

Years of clinical experience

 <20

74

24

32.4

0.93

0.41–2.11

0.86

 >=20

53

18

34.0

1.00

(−)

-

Attended research course

 Yes

93

35

37.6

2.11

0.80–5.69

0.10

 No

36

8

22.2

1.00

(−)

-

Work hours per week

 <50

95

36

37.9

2.75

0.96–8.25

0.06

 >=50

33

6

18.2

1.00

(−)

-

Journal reading during paid hours

 Yes

40

15

37.5

1.33

(0.55–3.18)

0.49

 No

77

24

31.2

1.00

(−)

-

Journal reading during unpaid hours

 Yes

40

10

25.0

0.60

(0.24–1.50)

0.24

 No

87

31

35.6

1.00

(−)

-

Research work during paid hours

 Yes

42

27

64.3

8.23

3.23–21.4

<0.0001

 No

78

14

18.0

1.00

(−)

-

Research work during unpaid hours

 Yes

60

5

8.3

0.07

0.02–0.21

<0.0001

 No

56

32

57.1

1.00

(−)

-

Specialty

 Clinician

30

16

53.3

5.94

1.58–23.7

0.002

 Researcher

31

5

16.1

1.00

(−)

-

 Administrator

7

4

57.1

6.93

1.05–60.7

0.04

 Clinician specialist

46

9

19.6

1.26

0.33–4.97

0.70

 Other

16

9

56.3

6.69

1.41–34.1

0.007

Do you have a current research project?

 Yes

76

28

36.8

1.52

0.67–3.47

0.28

 No

54

15

27.8

1.00

(−)

-

Do you make conference presentations

      

 Yes

73

27

37.0

1.50

0.67–3.40

0.29

 No

57

16

28.1

1.00

(−)

-

  1. Subjects with missing responses not included (e.g., 13 subjects with missing values not included in Journal reading during paid hours and 10 subjects not included in Research work during paid hours, etc.)
  2. a Respondents with high scores were those scoring 4 or 5 on 30 or more of the 38 items of the EROS