Table 3 Difficulties encountered in clinical research
From: An exploratory study on needs for clinical research training: data from Chinese hospitals
Items | In total N(%) | Subgroup analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 30 N (%) | 31-40 N (%) | 41-50 N (%) | Over 50 N (%) | ||
Data statistics | 425(70.8 %) | 90(55.6 %) | 225(75.3 %) | 92(82.9 %) | 18(64.3 %) |
Cohort and biobank construction | 356(59.3 %) | 84(51.9 %) | 188(62.9 %) | 66(59.5 %) | 18(64.3 %) |
Data management | 355(59.2 %) | 76(46.9 %) | 190(63.6 %) | 76(68.8 %) | 13(46.4 %) |
Lack of knowledge of study design and operation | 310(51.7 %) | 84(51.9 %) | 163(54.5 %) | 54(48.7 %) | 9(32.1 %) |
Insufficient funding for study | 291(49.2 %) | 67(41.4 %) | 150(50.2 %) | 59(53.2 %) | 15(53.8 %) |
Difficulty in follow-up | 295(48.5 %) | 89(55.0 %) | 143(47.8 %) | 52(46.9 %) | 11(39.3 %) |
Insufficient clinical cases | 264(44.0 %) | 73(45.1 %) | 132(44.2 %) | 50(45.1 %) | 9(32.1 %) |
Difficulty in proposing research questions | 256(42.7 %) | 162(48.2 %) | 136(45.5 %) | 37(33.3 %) | 5(17.9 %) |