ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2019
Evaluation of the research capacity and culture of allied health professionals in a large regional public health service.
Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mechanisms to build research capacity in the rural health workplace: a realist synthesis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis exploring the impacts of clinical academic activity by healthcare professionals outside medicine.BMC health services research · 2021Pooled it
- Research Capacity and Culture of Podiatrists in Canada (Quebec) and France: A Parallel Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2026Article
- Article
- Australian Podiatry Research in Workforce and Education: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2026Review
- Culture eats evidence for breakfast: how culture influences implementation of evidence-based practices.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- A scoping review of research capability building: impact on health workforce attraction and retention in rural and remote Australia.Human resources for health · 2026Article
- Exploring Research Capacity and Engagement Drivers Among Hospital Pharmacy Professionals: A Mixed Methods Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Building Research Capacity and Culture in Allied Health - A Five-Year Strategic Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the research capacity and culture within the allied health workforce in Northern New South Wales Local Health District: a cross-sectional observational study.BMC health services research · 2025Observational
- Differences in personality and character traits of occupational therapy researchers and non-researchers: A cross-sectional study.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2025Article
- Research capacity and culture: a survey of Australian Orthopaedic Association members.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Australian radiation therapist's research capacity and culture: investigating the extent of assistance required to build research capacity.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2024Article
- Evaluating the perceived impact and legacy of master's degree level research in the allied health professions: a UK-wide cross-sectional survey.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Exploring individual character traits and behaviours of clinical academic allied health professionals: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Allied health professionals' research capacity: open to interpretation?BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Research capacity and culture in an Australian metropolitan public mental health service: scoping the skills and experience of social workers and occupational therapists.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Article
- Exploring research capacity and culture of allied health professionals: a mixed methods evaluation.BMC health services research · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe first aim of this study was to evaluate the current research capacity and culture among allied health professionals (AHPs) working in a large regional health service. The second aim of this study was to undertake principal component analyses (PCAs) to determine key components influencing our research capacity and culture. PATIENTS AND
methodsAs part of a cross-sectional observational study, the Research Capacity and Culture (RCC) tool was administered to AHPs working in Gold Coast Health to measure self-reported research capacity and culture across Organization, Team, and Individual domains, including barriers to and motivators for performing research. An exploratory PCA was performed to identify key components influencing research capacity and culture in each of the three domains, and the results were compared with the findings of a previous study performed in a large metropolitan health district.
resultsThis study found moderate levels of research capacity and culture across all domains, with higher scores (median, IQR) reported for the Organization domain (7,5-8) compared to the Team (6,3-8) and Individual domains (5,2-7). Two components were identified in each domain. Components in the Organization domain included "research culture" and "research infrastructure"; components in the Team domain included "valuing and sharing research" and "supporting research"; and components in the Individual domain included "skills for conducting research" and "skills for searching and critiquing the literature". These components were found to be highly correlated with each other, with correlations between components within each domain ranging from 0.459 to 0.702.
conclusionThe results of this study reinforce the need for an integrated "whole of system" approach to research capacity building. Ongoing investment in tailored support and infrastructure is required to maintain current areas of strengths and build on identified areas of weakness at the level of organizations, teams, and individual AHPs, and consideration should also be given as to how support across these three levels is integrated.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.