Barriers to clinical research in Africa: a quantitative and qualitative survey of clinical researchers in 27 African countries

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 813-821

  Conradie, A ^a   Duys, R ^a   Forget, P ^b   Biccard, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; biomedical research; global health; research personnel; surveys and questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIKERT SCALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; STAFF; STATISTICS; SURGERY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CULTURE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85050090081     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.06.013     Document Type: Article

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