A 5-year review of research ethics applications in a tertiary health and educational institution in Nigeria

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

African Health Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.4314/ahs.v23i3.85

Dennis Amajuoyi Ndububa, Akinjide Olurotimi Ogundokun, Oluwagbemiga Oluwole Ayoola, Adebanjo Babalola Adeyemi, Rahman Ayodele Bolarinwa, Taiwo Olumuyiwa Ogundipe, Abdulkadir Ayo Salako, Aaron Oladiipo Aboderin, Olusegun Temitope Afolabi, Anthony Taiwo Adenekan, Ige Oluwatosin Taiwo, Oluwabanke Gold Akanbi

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Background: African contribution to global research output is said to be low. Poor funding and poor skills in grant writing havebeen suggested as important factors for this situation. Objectives: Applications for research ethics clearance in a hospital were reviewed to have an overview of the planned studiesand the proportion of them that attracted national and international funding. Methods: A review of all applications for ethical clearance received by the institutional review board of a university teachinghospital at Ile-Ife, Nigeria, from 2016 to 2020. They were analysed according to study nature, scope, purpose, and sponsorshipusing descriptive statistics presented as frequency tables and charts. Results: 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: Local studies formed the bulk of the submissions for ethics clearance. National and international donor fundingof research is abysmally low in this Nigerian tertiary institution studied. Keywords: Research ethics applications; study sponsorship.

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尼日利亚某高等卫生和教育机构研究伦理应用的5年审查

背景:据说非洲对全球研究产出的贡献很低。资金不足和拨款写作技巧不佳被认为是造成这种情况的重要因素。目的:对某医院的研究伦理许可申请进行审查，以概述计划研究及其吸引国家和国际资助的比例。方法:对2016年至2020年尼日利亚Ile-Ife大学教学医院机构审查委员会收到的所有伦理许可申请进行审查。根据研究性质、范围、目的和赞助情况，使用频率表和图表的描述性统计数据对它们进行分析。结果:共审查了878份申请。本地研究申请803份(91.5%)，国家多中心研究申请45份(5.1%)，国际多中心研究申请30份(3.4%)。有352人(40.0%)申请医学研究金，另有208人(23.8%)申请从事非学位研究。申请自费学习的有610人(69.5%)。分别只有18个(2.0%)和26个(3.0%)得到了国家和国际捐助机构的赞助。结论:本地研究占伦理审查的大部分。在我们所研究的这所尼日利亚高等教育机构中，国家和国际捐助者对研究的资助非常低。关键词:科研伦理应用;研究赞助。

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African Health Sciences MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

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2.30

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0.00%

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179

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The African Health Sciences is an internationally refereed journal publishing original articles on research, clinical practice, public health, policy, planning, implementation and evaluation, in the health and related sciences relevant to Africa and the tropics. Its objectives are to: Advocate for and promote the growth of reading culture in sub Saharan Africa; Provide a high quality journal in which health and policy and other researchers and practitioners in the region can and world wide, can publish their work; Promote relevant health system research and publication in the region including alternative means of health care financing, the burden of and solution of health problems in marginalized urban and rural communities amongst the displaced and others affected by conflict; Promote research and the systematic collection and collation and publication of data on diseases and conditions of equity and influence; Promote development of evidence-based policies and guidelines for clinical, public health and other practitioners. African Health Sciences acknowledges support provided by the African Health Journals Partnership Project that is funded by the US National Institutes of Health (through the National Library of Medicine and the Fogarty International Center) and facilitated by the Council of Science Editors.