Table 2.
Percentage and Number of Research Workers Research Duties and Characteristics of Current Mental Health Research Study
| Research Duties and Work Settings | % n | Research Worker Study Sample Characteristics |
% n | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Jobs Performed |
Informed consent | 84% (105) | Diagnosis | Depression | 68% (85) |
| Participant Interview | 81% (101) | Bipolar | 32% (40) | ||
| Survey Administration | 80% (100) | PTSD | 61% (76) | ||
| Enrollment/intake | 78% (98) | Mood Only | 31% (39) | ||
| Publication/ Dissemination |
68% (85) | Anxiety Only |
23% (29) | ||
| Recruitment | 66% (83) | Multiple Diagnoses |
63% (79) | ||
| Data entry | 66% (82) | ||||
| Participant debriefing | 50% (63) | ||||
| Statistical analysis | 46% (58) | ||||
| Study design | 41% (51) | ||||
| Qualitative Data Coding | 23% (29 | ||||
| Research Setting | Hospital/Medical Center | 74% (92) | Substance Use Diagnosis |
50% or more |
33% (42) |
| College/University | 49% (61) | ||||
| Outpatient Facility | 19% (24) | ||||
| Randomized clinical trial |
Yes | 60% (75) | Ethnic Minority |
50% or more | 54% (67) |
| Type of clinical trial: |
Medication | 12% (9) | Military Veterans |
50% or more |
47% (59) |
| Therapy | 48% (36) | ||||
| Therapy + Medication | 32% (24) | ||||
| Other | 8% (6) | ||||
| Referrals provided to participants |
Yes | 72% (90) | Economically Disadvantaged |
50% or more | 78% (97) |
| Frequency of Meeting with Supervisor |
Never | 2% (3) | |||
| Less than once month | 6% (7) | ||||
| Monthly | 7% (9) | ||||
| Once every 2–3 weeks | 17% (21) | ||||
| Weekly | 68% (85) | ||||
| Research Project Funding |
Federal grant | 77% (96) | |||