Table 2 Types of study designs and study settings, stratified by student versus professional and by local versus international sponsor
From: Map of biomedical research in Cameroon; a documentary review of approved protocols from 1997 to 2012
Study Design stratified by student versus professional investigators | |||
Students (%) | Professional (%) | P-value | |
Cross sectional | 820 (56.4) | 328 (45.7) | <0.001 |
Longitudinal | 256 (17.6) | 272 (37.9) | <0.001 |
Case control | 71 (4.9) | 29 (4.0) | 0.36 |
Cohort | 298 (20.5) | 77 (10.7) | <0.001 |
Case series | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.6) | 0.31 |
Ecological studies | 2 (0.2) | 8 (1.2) | <0.001 |
Others | 3 (0.2) | 0 | 0.24 |
Total | 1454 | 718 | |
Study Design stratified by local sponsors versus international sponsors | |||
Local sponsor (%) | International (%) | ||
Cross sectional | 844 (55.1) | 109 (37.3) | <0.001 |
Longitudinal | 320 (20.9) | 135 (46.2) | <0.001 |
Case control | 68 (4.4) | 14 (4.8) | 0.76 |
Cohort | 285 (18.6) | 31 (10.6) | <0.001 |
Case series | 8 (0.5) | 0 | 0.23 |
Ecological studies | 5 (0.3) | 3 (1.0) | 0.09 |
Others | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 0.59 |
Total | 1531 | 292 | |
Study Settings stratified by students versus professional | |||
Students (%) | Professional (%) | ||
Laboratory | 84 (6.1) | 99 (13.5) | <0.001 |
Hospital | 1104 (80.2) | 424 (57.8) | <0.001 |
Community | 126 (9.2) | 176 (24.0) | <0.001 |
Other | 63 (4.6) | 35 (4.8) | 0.84 |
Total | 1377 | 734 | |
Study Settings stratified by local sponsor versus international sponsor | |||
Local Sponsor (%) | International (%) | ||
Laboratory | 128 (8.0) | 43 (13.7) | <0.001 |
Hospital | 1196 (75.0) | 178 (56.5) | <0.001 |
Community | 198 (12.4) | 77 (24.4) | <0.001 |
Other | 72 (4.5) | 17 (5.4) | 0.49 |
Total | 1594 | 315 | |
Result Dissemination Plan | |||
Have a result dissemination plan | Local Sponsors | International Sponsors | p-value |
Yes | 137(7.6) | 107 (29.0) | <0.001 |
No | 1666 (92.4) | 262 (71.0) | |
Total | 1803 | 369 | |