Clinical trial NCT06531616: Healthcare Professionals' Attitude Towards Clinical Research in the United Arab Emirates
Official title: Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviours Toward Clinical Research in the United Arab Emirates
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Behavior, Consumer
Research, Communication
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Keywords: Healthcare Professionals
Allied Health
Doctor
Nurses
Clinical Research
Lead sponsor: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2024-08-01
Enrollment: 597
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population is comprised of SEHA healthcare employees.

Brief summary: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) is already in the process of providing support for research infrastructure, such as trained staff, medical facilities, funding, and training needs for its healthcare professionals (HCPs). An HCP's own interest in clinical research is an individualistic trait that SEHA wants to target and develop, complementary to its medical staff specialty, educational background, and willingness to learn.

The investigators' aim with this study is to understand the participants' perspective on challenges and barriers stopping them from conducting research and what supportive measures they have around them from the organization and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that back their growth as research professionals at SEHA.

Detailed description: The investigators' aim with this study is to understand healthcare professionals' (HCPs) perspective on challenges and barriers stopping them from conducting research and what supportive measures they have around them from the organization and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that back their growth as research professionals at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company -SEHA.

Investigators hypothesize that participants will give positive feedback on their interest in conducting clinical research but will outline barriers like lack of training opportunities, trained clinical operations staff, organizational support, protected time, etc. Moreover, they will also highlight the lack of data system training, participant accrual challenges, software interoperability issues, sponsor and contract research organization (CRO) issues, and lack of funding opportunities as major barriers to conducting research in the UAE.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Current SEHA Employee
* Identify as a Healthcare Professional

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-SEHA individuals
* Non-Healthcare professionals

Primary outcomes:
measure: Understanding Knowledge and Attitudes of SEHA Healthcare professionals toward clinical research.
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Abu Dhabi
country: United Arab Emirates
facility: SEHA Head Quaters-Reserach Department
Study officials:
affiliation: Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. -SEHA
name: Mariam S Al Harbi, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. -SEHA
name: Erik BS Koornneef, PHD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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