Table 5 Purpose of health research.

The purpose of health research

Improve health services to the public, society and to find solutions to health problems (37.9%)

Search for/discover/introduce/improve and assess the quality of drugs, treatment and cures (25.8%) Search for, broaden and consolidate knowledge, curiosity and for the advancement of science (19.7%)

Achieve individual betterment and to meet educational requirements (7.6%), Commercial gain (6.1%)

'To keep people informed'

'To identify new diseases, To look in to the knowledge of the public about diseases'

'For the development of the medical profession of Sri Lanka'

'For exams,

'To make new discoveries those are beneficial to the public as drugs and treatments'

'To consolidate knowledge that has been already discovered'

'To get to know about the health status of the population of the country'

'To relieve their suspicions and curiosities, to make a new discovery'

'To scientifically identify health problems, To broaden your knowledge in the field, For individual betterment'

'For individual educational requirements, Institutional requirements, Interest in the problem'