Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants interviewed to inform the development of the implementation science research training programme in, Kampala Uganda
| Characteristic | Overall (n = 190) |
University faculty (n = 63) |
Graduate students (n = 70) |
Project staff (n = 57) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 37 (31, 44)a | 45 (41, 49) | 31 (29, 33) | 40 (36, 43) |
| Male sex | 61% | 71% | 49% | 63% |
| Recent qualificationb | ||||
| Masters | 54% | 37% | – | 74% |
| PhD | 35% | 60% | – | 7% |
| Other | 11% | 3.2% | – | 19% |
| Previous epidemiology training | 81% | 78% | 76% | 91% |
| Epidemiology qualificationc | ||||
| Certificate | 10% | 10% | 3.8% | 17% |
| Postgraduate diploma | 1.3% | – | 0% | |
| Master’s degree | 11% | 6.1% | 0% | 27% |
| PhD | 3.3% | 10% | 0% | 0% |
| None (just part of other training) | 74% | 74% | 92% | 56% |
| Epidemiology training duration, months | 3 (2, 12) | 3 (2, 12) | 3 (2, 5) | 4 (3, 24) |
| Any biostatistics training | 80% | 75% | 71% | 98% |
| Studies completed in last 3 years | 2 (1, 4) | 3 (2, 5) | 1 (0, 3) | 2 (1, 4) |
| Role in completed studies | ||||
| Study coordinator | 10% | 6.7% | 2.5% | 21% |
| Investigator | 57% | 75% | 27% | 59% |
| Research assistant | 29% | 1.7% | 68% | 7.1% |
| Biostatistician | 3.4% | 3.3% | 0% | 7.1% |
| Otherd | 0.6% | 87% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| No. of current research studies | 1 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 3) | 1 (0, 1) | 2 (1, 4) |
| Role in current research studies | ||||
| Study coordinator | 6.8% | 3.4% | 0% | 19% |
| Investigator | 78% | 83% | 93% | 58% |
| Research assistant | 6.8% | 3.1% | 7% | 2.4% |
| Biostatistician | 2.7% | 0% | 0% | 8.5% |
| Otherd | 5.7% | 11% | 0% | 12% |
| At least one peer-reviewed publication | 67% | 98% | 23% | 88% |
| At least one abstract prepared | 61% | 84% | 37% | 65% |
| Grant applications ever attempted | 53% | 79% | 19% | 65% |
aMedian (interquartile range) unless indicated
bThis applies only to university faculty and project staff
cFor only the 154 with epidemiology training
dOther roles included data manager, medical officer, specialist/consultant, project leader, field coordinator