Total | Females | Males | p-value | |
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Attitudes towards research | ||||
Importance of research (mean score out of 10) | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 0.098 |
Interest in research (mean score out of 10) | 8.57 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 0.703 |
The extent of research involvement | ||||
Have attended a research module (n, %) | 260 (80.3) | 83 (76.8) | 176 (83.4) | 0.174 |
Have participated in a research project (n, %) | 158 (48.8) | 47 (43.5) | 111 (52.6) | 0.023* |
Have participated in … (n, %)a | 103 (72.0) | 35 (77.8) | 68 (69.4) | 0.324 |
Data collection | 60 (42.0) | 15 (33.3) | 45 (45.9) | 0.202 |
Study design and writing a study protocol | 49 (34.3) | 16 (35.5) | 33 (33.7) | 0.851 |
Writing an abstract | 48 (33.6) | 19 (42.2) | 29 (29.6) | 0.182 |
Data management and analysis | 32 (22.4) | 7 (15.6) | 25 (25.5) | 0.203 |
Applying for ethical approval | 32 (21.7) | 6 (13.3) | 25 (25.5) | 0.127 |
Grant writing | 22 (15.4) | 4 (8.9) | 18 (18.4) | 0.212 |
Writing of a manuscript | 16 (11.2) | 4 (8.9) | 12 (12.2) | 0.776 |
Presenting at a conference | 15 (10.5) | 3 (6.7) | 12 (12.2) | 0.390 |
Being a co-author on a publication |