A 5-year review of research ethics applications in a tertiary health and educational institution in Nigeria.
Research ethics applications
study sponsorship
Journal
African health sciences
ISSN: 1729-0503
Titre abrégé: Afr Health Sci
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101149451
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
medline:
15
2
2024
pubmed:
15
2
2024
entrez:
15
2
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
African contribution to global research output is said to be low. Poor funding and poor skills in grant writing have been suggested as important factors for this situation. Applications for research ethics clearance in a hospital were reviewed to have an overview of the planned studies and the proportion of them that attracted national and international funding. A review of all applications for ethical clearance received by the institutional review board of a university teaching hospital at Ile-Ife, Nigeria, from 2016 to 2020. They were analysed according to study nature, scope, purpose, and sponsorship using descriptive statistics presented as frequency tables and charts. A total of 878 applications were reviewed. There were 803 (91.5%) applications for local, 45 (5.1%) for national multicentre, and 30 (3.4%) for international multicentre studies. Applications for medical fellowship were 352 (40.0%) while 208 (23.8%) were from academic staff for non-degree research. There were 610 (69.5%) applications for self-sponsored studies. Only 18 (2.0%) and 26 (3.0%) received sponsorship from national and international donor agencies, respectively. Local studies formed the bulk of the submissions for ethics clearance. National and international donor funding of research is abysmally low in this Nigerian tertiary institution studied.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
African contribution to global research output is said to be low. Poor funding and poor skills in grant writing have been suggested as important factors for this situation.
Objectives
UNASSIGNED
Applications for research ethics clearance in a hospital were reviewed to have an overview of the planned studies and the proportion of them that attracted national and international funding.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
A review of all applications for ethical clearance received by the institutional review board of a university teaching hospital at Ile-Ife, Nigeria, from 2016 to 2020. They were analysed according to study nature, scope, purpose, and sponsorship using descriptive statistics presented as frequency tables and charts.
Results
UNASSIGNED
A total of 878 applications were reviewed. There were 803 (91.5%) applications for local, 45 (5.1%) for national multicentre, and 30 (3.4%) for international multicentre studies. Applications for medical fellowship were 352 (40.0%) while 208 (23.8%) were from academic staff for non-degree research. There were 610 (69.5%) applications for self-sponsored studies. Only 18 (2.0%) and 26 (3.0%) received sponsorship from national and international donor agencies, respectively.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
Local studies formed the bulk of the submissions for ethics clearance. National and international donor funding of research is abysmally low in this Nigerian tertiary institution studied.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38357126
doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i3.85
pii: jAFHS.v23.i3.pg741
pmc: PMC10862567
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
741-747Informations de copyright
© 2023 Ndububa DA et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None declared.