Collaborative relationships in translational medical research among Chinese clinicians: an internet-based cross-sectional survey

Li, Meina; Lian, Bin; Xu, Xiaoxiong; Zhao, Pan; Tang, Bihan; Hu, Chaoqun; Liu, Xiang; Yu, Wenya; Zhang, Lulu

doi:10.1186/s12967-021-02911-5

Table 3 Univariate analysis of factors influencing willingness to collaborate in TMR among clinicians

From: Collaborative relationships in translational medical research among Chinese clinicians: an internet-based cross-sectional survey

Characteristic	Willingness of collaboration in TMR					Statistic	P-value
Characteristic	Very unwilling	Unwilling	Uncertain	Willing	Very willing	Statistic	P-value
	9	5	57	429	304
Sex						− 1.479	0.139
Male	3	3	30	243	183
Female	6	2	27	186	121
Age (year)						9.562	0.049*
20–30	3	1	26	117	73
31–40	2	3	17	219	158
41–50	3	1	9	77	64
51–60	1	0	5	15	9
> 60	0	0	0	1	0
Educational level						22.161	< 0.0001*
Junior college degree	0	1	4	7	7
Bachelor’s degree	5	1	33	123	70
Master’s degree	3	3	10	159	106
Doctor’s degree	1	0	10	140	121
Professional title						10.213	0.017*
Junior	3	2	32	128	84
Intermediate	3	3	17	192	127
Associate senior	1	0	4	88	64
Senior	2	0	4	21	29
Department						5.685	0.128
Surgical department	1	2	14	134	108
Non-surgical department	4	2	21	175	108
Medical technology department	2	0	8	82	57
Management department	2	1	14	38	31
Current research type						27.285	< 0.0001*
Clinical research	1	2	15	179	109
Laboratory research	0	0	0	27	24
Clinical and laboratory research	3	0	7	109	98
Public health management research	1	0	2	21	17
Do not conduct research	4	3	33	93	56
Role in current research						34.147	< 0.0001*
National PI	0	0	2	38	46
Provincial PI	1	0	0	28	29
City-level PI	1	0	2	25	32
Department-level PI	1	1	3	22	22
Project participants	1	1	13	196	93
No project support	5	3	37	120	82
Current research pressure						44.411	< 0.0001*
Very low	1	3	9	9	9
Low	0	1	2	25	10
Moderate	5	0	21	123	57
High	2	1	18	214	141
Very high	1	0	7	58	87
Communication methods used in collaboration
Face-to-face	9	5	57	429	304	19.615	0.001*
Telephone	9	5	57	429	304	6.415	0.170
WeChat	9	5	57	429	304	13.868	0.008
Email	9	5	57	429	304	5.748	0.219
Research record, research abstract, memorandum	9	5	57	429	304	2.710	0.608
Videoconference	9	5	57	429	304	6.342	0.175
Face-to-face group meeting	9	5	57	429	304	4.749	0.314
Mobile short message	9	5	57	429	304	5.133	0.274
Preferred collaboration partners at the institutional or individual level						39.784	< 0.0001*
Institutions	3	0	22	190	165
Individuals	4	3	29	238	139
Uncertain	2	2	6	1	0
Preferred partners of collaboration
University	9	5	57	429	304	64.543	< 0.0001*
Hospital	9	5	57	429	304	43.938	< 0.0001*
Research institute	9	5	57	429	304	68.770	< 0.0001*
Industry	9	5	57	429	304	33.436	< 0.0001*
Community	9	5	57	429	304	19.394	0.001*
Preferred partners of collaboration in the research application stage
University	7	2	31	297	248	− 4.853	< 0.0001*
Hospital	5	2	25	184	170	3.176	0.002*
Research institute	7	2	38	301	238	− 2.764	0.006*
Industry	4	1	15	103	102	2.326	0.020*
Community	2	1	9	43	51	1.672	0.095*
Preferred partners of collaboration in the research implementation stage
University	5	3	22	201	199	− 5.217	< 0.0001*
Hospital	6	2	28	247	205	− 3.225	0.001*
Research institute	6	2	38	294	233	− 2.702	0.007*
Industry	5	0	18	169	152	− 16.779	< 0.0001*
Community	2	1	9	72	90	4.011	< 0.0001*
Preferred partners of collaboration in the research achievement promotion stage
University	3	2	17	157	145	3.431	0.001*
Hospital	8	2	26	223	194	− 3.166	0.002*
Research institute	4	1	29	193	161	1.828	0.068
Industry	6	2	29	292	226	− 3.277	0.001*
Community	4	1	19	169	161	4.035	< 0.0001*
Preferred partners of collaboration in the research application stage
Laboratory scientist	5	2	37	331	257	− 3.998	< 0.0001*
Clinical scientist	8	1	38	301	231	− 2.070	0.039*
Industrial staff	4	0	18	102	101	2.015	0.044*
Community staff	4	2	17	74	62	− 0.686	0.493
Health management scientist	3	1	13	87	109	4.194	< 0.0001*
Preferred partners of collaboration in the research implementation stage
Laboratory scientist	4	1	32	268	211	− 2.859	0.004*
Clinical scientist	1	3	17	101	62	− 1.601	0.109
Industrial staff	5	1	27	174	150	1.765	0.078
Community staff	4	1	19	127	109	0.925	0.355
Health management scientist	4	1	12	125	116	2.973	0.003*
Preferred partners of collaboration in the achievement promotion stage
Laboratory scientist	3	1	25	166	139	1.674	0.094
Clinical scientist	7	1	33	248	181	− 0.457	0.648
Industrial staff	5	1	33	275	228	− 3.899	< 0.0001*
Community staff	5	2	29	225	173	− 1.314	0.189
Health management scientist	4	1	23	211	192	− 4.501	< 0.0001*

*Indicates statistically significant results (p < 0.05)

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