Table 1 Characteristics of Protocols submitted to the CIBS FM&MCH: 2013–2016
N = 309 | 2013 n(%) | 2014 n(%) | 2015 n(%) | 2016 n(%) | Total n(%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Protocols Evaluated | 60 (20) | 97 (31) | 88 (28) | 64 (21) | 309 (100) | |
Source of Protocol | ||||||
UEM | 45 (75) | 58 (60) | 53 (60) | 41 (64) | 197 (64) | 0.024 |
MCH | 10 (17) | 9 (9) | 16 (18) | 12 (19) | 47 (15) | |
other | 5 (8) | 30 (31) | 19 (22) | 11 (17) | 65 (21) | |
Academic Level | ||||||
Bachelors | 7 (12) | 33 (34) | 17 (19) | 11 (17) | 68 (22) | < 0.001 |
Masters | 19 (32) | 42 (43) | 38 (43) | 31 (48) | 130 (42) | |
Doctoral | 3 (5) | 5 (5) | 5 (6) | 5 (8) | 18 (6) | |
Post-Doctoral | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 7 (8) | 0 (0) | 9 (3) | |
Faculty | 30 (50) | 16 (17) | 21 (24) | 17 (27) | 84 (27) | |
Type of Study | ||||||
Descriptive cross sectional | 33 (55) | 65 (67) | 57 (65) | 35 (55) | 190 (61) | 0.192 |
Qualitative studies | 14 (23) | 15 (16) | 14 (16) | 16 (25) | 62 (20) | |
Observation cross sectional | 5 (8) | 3 (3) | 9 (10) | 1 (2) | 18 (6) | |
Clinical trial | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 3 (4) | 6 (2) | |
Others | 7 (12) | 13 (13) | 7 (8) | 9 (14) | 33 (11) | |
Temporality of study | 0.088 | |||||
Prospective | 43 (72) | 68 (70) | 56 (64) | 53 (83) | 220 (71) | |
Retrospective | 16 (27) | 29 (30) | 32 (36) | 11 (17) | 88 (28) | |
Both | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | |
Data Collection Method | ||||||
Quantitative | 30 (50) | 42 (43) | 54 (62) | 32 (50) | 158 (51) | 0.187 |
Qualitative | 25 (42) | 46 (48) | 24 (27) | 24 (38) | 118 (39) | |
Mixed | 5 (8) | 9 (9) | 10 (11) | 8 (12) | 32 (10) | |
Discipline | ||||||
Health Sciences | 29 (48) | 61 (63) | 60 (68) | 39 (61) | 189 (61) | 0.118 |
Social Sciences | 19 (32) | 26 (27) | 19 (22) | 21 (33) | 85 (28) | |
Biological Sciences | 12 (20) | 10 (10) | 9 (10) | 4 (6) | 35 (11) | |
Sub-Discipline | ||||||
Clinical Medicine | 23 (38) | 57 (59) | 57 (64) | 35 (55) | 172 (56) | 0.001 |
Laboratory | 18 (30) | 10 (10) | 9 (10) | 7 (11) | 44 (14) | |
Sociology | 9 (15) | 9 (9) | 7 (8) | 7 (11) | 32 (10) | |
Knowledge/Attitude/Practice | 2 (3) | 9 (9) | 5 (6) | 7 (11) | 23 (7) | |
Health Administration | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | 3 (3) | 2 (3) | 10 (3) | |
Anthropology | 6 (10) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | 9 (3) | |
Psychiatry | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (5) | 5 (2) | |
Pharmacy | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | |
Other | 1 (2) | 4 (4) | 5 (6) | 1 (2) | 11 (4) | |
Location of Research | 0.014 | |||||
Hospital | 18 (30) | 45 (46) | 47 (53) | 32 (50) | 142 (46) | |
Peripheral Health Facility | 6 (10) | 20 (21) | 13 (15) | 7 (11) | 46 (15) | |
Community | 12 (20) | 12 (12) | 15 (17) | 9 (14) | 48 (16) | |
Laboratory | 15 (25) | 12 (12) | 5 (6) | 4 (6) | 36 (12) | |
Multicenter | 3 (5) | 2 (2) | 4 (5) | 2 (3) | 11 (3) | |
School | 3 (5) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 4 (6) | 10 (3) | |
other | 3 (5) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | 6 (9) | 16 (5) | |
Committee Decision | ||||||
Approved by CIBS FM & MCH | 50 (83) | 74 (76) | 61 (69) | 37 (58) | 222 (72) | 0.002 |
Approved by CNBS | 6 (10) | 12 (12) | 16 (18) | 6 (9) | 40 (13) | |
With the Investigatora | 3 (5) | 6 (6) | 9 (10) | 17 (27) | 35 (11) | |
With the CNBSb | 1 (2) | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 4 (6) | 12 (4) | |