Table 3.
Factors related to the effect of COVID-19 measures on the research environment in 300 researchers.
| Questions | Category | Serious |
Some |
No |
p value | Category (Large group) | Serious |
Some |
No |
p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | (%) | 187 | (%) | 62 | (%) | 51 | (%) | 187 | (%) | 62 | (%) | |||||
| Have you ever felt that you had received some kind of harassment? | Strongly | 3 | (5.9) | 22 | (11.8) | 2 | (3.2) | 0.0208 | ||||||||
| Moderately | 6 | (11.8) | 6 | (3.2) | 2 | (3.2) | ||||||||||
| Others | 42 | (82.4) | 159 | (85.0) | 58 | (93.5) | ||||||||||
| There was a negative atmosphere, typified by the question: “Should we continue research in this situation?” | Often | 8 | (15.7) | 15 | (8.0) | 3 | (4.8) | 0.0008 | Yes | 21 | (41.2) | 53 | (28.3) | 7 | (11.3) | 0.0018 |
| Sometimes | 13 | (25.5) | 38 | (20.3) | 4 | (6.5) | ||||||||||
| Neither | 14 | (27.5) | 47 | (25.1) | 14 | (22.6) | Neither | 14 | (27.5) | 47 | (25.1) | 14 | (22.6) | |||
| Not much | 10 | (19.6) | 50 | (26.7) | 14 | (22.6) | No | 16 | (31.4) | 87 | (46.5) | 41 | (66.1) | |||
| Not at all | 6 | (11.8) | 37 | (19.8) | 27 | (43.5) | ||||||||||
| There was a positive atmosphere, typified by the statement: “We should continue research precisely because we are in such a situation.” | Often | 5 | (9.8) | 6 | (3.2) | 8 | (12.9) | 0.0053 | Yes | 8 | (15.7) | 36 | (19.3) | 16 | (25.8) | 0.6184* |
| Sometimes | 3 | (5.9) | 30 | (16.0) | 8 | (16.0) | ||||||||||
| Neither | 17 | (33.3) | 70 | (37.4) | 20 | (37.4) | Neither | 17 | (33.3) | 70 | (37.4) | 20 | (32.3) | |||
| Not much | 10 | (19.6) | 46 | (24.6) | 6 | (9.7) | No | 26 | (51.0) | 81 | (43.3) | 26 | (41.9) | |||
| Not at all | 16 | (31.4) | 35 | (18.7) | 20 | (32.3) | ||||||||||
| Do you feel anxious about the future of your research activity? | Very | 18 | (35.3) | 29 | (15.5) | 2 | (3.2) | <0.0001 | Yes | 43 | (84.3) | 131 | (70.1) | 20 | (32.3) | <0.0001 |
| A little | 25 | (49.0) | 102 | (54.5) | 18 | (29.0) | ||||||||||
| Not so much | 8 | (15.7) | 53 | (28.3) | 29 | (46.8) | No | 8 | (15.7) | 56 | (29.9) | 42 | (67.7) | |||
| Not any | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (1.6) | 13 | (21.0) | ||||||||||
| How much has your motivation changed? | Significantly decreased | 13 | (25.5) | 9 | (4.8) | 0 | (0.0) | <0.0001 | Decreased | 20 | (39.2) | 50 | (26.7) | 5 | (8.1) | 0.0004 |
| Slightly decreased | 7 | (13.7) | 41 | (21.9) | 5 | (8.1) | ||||||||||
| No change | 22 | (43.1) | 119 | (63.6) | 44 | (71.0) | No change | 22 | (43.1) | 119 | (63.6) | 44 | (71.0) | |||
| Slightly increased | 4 | (7.8) | 14 | (7.5) | 8 | (12.9) | Increased | 9 | (17.6) | 18 | (9.6) | 13 | (21.0) | |||
| Significantly increased | 5 | (9.8) | 4 | (2.1) | 5 | (8.1) | ||||||||||
How much of an impact (or damage) did the combating of COVID-19 have on (or cause to) your research/work environment?
P values were calculated by chi-square test. *Not significant.