Healthcare Professionals' Attitude Towards Clinical Research in the United Arab Emirates

NCT ID: NCT06531616

Last Updated: 2025-02-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

597 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-15

Study Completion Date

2024-12-30

Brief Summary

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Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) is already in the process of providing support for research infrastructure, such as trained staff, medical facilities, funding, and training needs for its healthcare professionals (HCPs). An HCP's own interest in clinical research is an individualistic trait that SEHA wants to target and develop, complementary to its medical staff specialty, educational background, and willingness to learn.

The investigators' aim with this study is to understand the participants' perspective on challenges and barriers stopping them from conducting research and what supportive measures they have around them from the organization and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that back their growth as research professionals at SEHA.

Detailed Description

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The investigators' aim with this study is to understand healthcare professionals' (HCPs) perspective on challenges and barriers stopping them from conducting research and what supportive measures they have around them from the organization and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that back their growth as research professionals at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company -SEHA.

Investigators hypothesize that participants will give positive feedback on their interest in conducting clinical research but will outline barriers like lack of training opportunities, trained clinical operations staff, organizational support, protected time, etc. Moreover, they will also highlight the lack of data system training, participant accrual challenges, software interoperability issues, sponsor and contract research organization (CRO) issues, and lack of funding opportunities as major barriers to conducting research in the UAE.

Conditions

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Behavior, Consumer Research, Communication Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Healthcare professionals working at SEHA

SEHA Healthcare employees (doctors, nurses, and allied health staff) will be approached through email to answer the study survey.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Current SEHA Employee
* Identify as a Healthcare Professional

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-SEHA individuals
* Non-Healthcare professionals
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Abu Dhabi Health Services Company

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Alina Naeem

Assistant Manager Research Performance

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mariam S Al Harbi, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. -SEHA

Erik BS Koornneef, PHD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. -SEHA

Locations

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SEHA Head Quaters-Reserach Department

Abu Dhabi, , United Arab Emirates

Site Status

Countries

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United Arab Emirates

References

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Al-Hajri A, Al-Khabori M, Rasool W. Productivity of Clinical Trials Conducted in the Gulf Cooperative Council Region. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2022 Nov;22(4):501-507. doi: 10.18295/squmj.11.2021.144. Epub 2022 Nov 7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 36407711 (View on PubMed)

D'Arrietta LM, Vangaveti VN, Crowe MJ, Malau-Aduli BS. Rethinking Health Professionals' Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2022 Jan 26;15:185-216. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S337172. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 35115782 (View on PubMed)

Ito-Ihara T, Hong JH, Kim OJ, Sumi E, Kim SY, Tanaka S, Narita K, Hatta T, Choi EK, Choi KJ, Miyagawa T, Minami M, Murayama T, Yokode M. An international survey of physicians regarding clinical trials: a comparison between Kyoto University Hospital and Seoul National University Hospital. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2013 Oct 25;13:130. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-130.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24156760 (View on PubMed)

Silberman EK, Belitsky R, Bernstein CA, Cabaniss DL, Crisp-Han H, Dickstein LJ, Kaplan AS, Hilty DM, Nadelson CC, Scheiber SC. Recruiting researchers in psychiatry: the influence of residency vs. early motivation. Acad Psychiatry. 2012 Mar 1;36(2):85-90. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.10010010.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22532195 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.8.5095

Comparison of the Perceptions between Investigators and Clinical Research Associates in Role Performances of Clinical Research Coordinators

http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAJCT.S215738

The Challenges In Conducting Research Studies In Arabic Countries

Other Identifiers

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AbuDhabiHealthSvsCo

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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