Factors influencing community intensive care unit research participation: a qualitative descriptive study
Authors' conclusion
In this qualitative descriptive study, participants identified the physical resources, skills, and relationships required to start and sustain a clinical research program in a Canadian community ICU.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals interested or involved in community hospital research in Canadian community intensive care unit (ICUs), April 2022–May 20236 provinces
- Participants
- 38 individuals · 20 community hospitals
- Comparison
- Health care workers vs Research staff vs Hospital administrators
- Health care workersn = 23
- Research staffn = 10
- Hospital administratorsn = 5
- Outcome
- Factors influencing community ICU research participation and the development, implementation, and sustainability of a community ICU research program
Methodological detailssemistructured interviews, purposeful sample, conventional content analysis and rapid qualitative analysis, Ecological Model of Health Behavior
- Semistructured interviews
- Purposeful sample
- Conventional content analysis and rapid qualitative analysis
- Ecological Model of Health Behavior
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Main factors associated with community ICU research participation
- Infrastructure
- Personnel characteristics
- Key relationships and connections
- COVID-19 pandemic
Original publication
Factors influencing community intensive care unit research participation: a qualitative descriptive study. Can J Anaesth. Published 10 December 2024. doi:10.
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