DIFFICULTIES FACED BY SAUDI ARABIAN DOCTORS AND NURSES CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS
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In this setting, research is defined as a substantial process that is executed to address an issue in a precise and systematic way. Unfortunately, there is a lack of data like this regarding the methodological obstacles that Saudi Arabian medical researchers have when conducting clinical trials. Examining the methodological obstacles encountered by Saudi Arabian healthcare professionals doing clinical research is the main objective of this study. The Parts and Methods: From June 2018 through August 2018, healthcare practitioners in Saudi Arabia who were involved in research or conducted their own research were surveyed in this cross-sectional study. The data was collected via SurveyMonkey, using an updated version of a questionnaire that had been used in a very similar study before. Two hundred and thirty-six people were found to have participated in the study. There were a total of 131 people involved, or 55.50 percent of the total. Of them, 41 were research committee members, and 17.40 percent had never been to a research workshop. Of all the steps in the research process, 58 people (or 24.58% of the total) found "forming the research title" and "cooperation between research partners" to be the most simple. A total of 124 people (52.54% of the total) ranked "obtaining funds and financial resources to complete the research project" as the most difficult step. A lower score on the methodological complexity scale was strongly associated with attending more than two clinical research workshops. The results showed a very significant difference (P = 0%) between the two groups, with participants receiving a score of 35.28 ± 12.86 and non-participants receiving a score of 42.34 ± 12.64. Finding an available biostatistician and securing money were two major factors that added methodological difficulty to clinical research, according to this study's findings. In addition, researchers saw a marked decline in difficulty as their participation in clinical research workshops rose.
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