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ArticleThe Indian journal of medical research2024

COVID-19 pandemic & neurosciences in India- the CoINstudy: Impact of the pandemic on research related to the neurosciences.

M M Samim, Makarand Pantoji, K P Divya, Harsh Deora, Abhinith Shashidhar, Jitupam Baishya, Divyani Garg, Arunmozhimaran Elavarasi, Bhavya Pahwa, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta and 7 more

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M M SamimDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Makarand PantojiDepartment of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
K P DivyaDepartment of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
Harsh DeoraDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Abhinith ShashidharDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Jitupam BaishyaDepartment of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Divyani GargDepartment of Neurology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Arunmozhimaran ElavarasiDepartment of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Bhavya PahwaUniversity College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Urvakhsh Meherwan MehtaDepartment of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Sai Krishna TikkaDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Telangana, India.
Vaibhav WadwekarDepartment of Neurology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Souvik DubeyDepartment of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Kshiteeja JainDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Binukumar BhaskarapillaiDepartment of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
L G ViswanathanDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Ajay AsrannaDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

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Abstract

Background & objectives We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19-related disruptions on ongoing and future projects related to neuroscience research and young researchers in India. Methods We conducted a countrywide online survey using a structured, self-administered questionnaire involving medical trainees, post-doctoral fellows, PhD students, early career faculty members and basic neuroscience researchers. The purpose was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the respondents' ongoing/planned research activities and capture their concerns related to future research. Results Five hundred and four valid responses were analyzed. More than three-fourths of the respondents were in their early careers - 64.1 per cent were resident doctors, and 19.8 per cent were early career consultants. Maximum responses were received from respondents working in neurology (228; 45.2%), followed by psychiatry (192; 38.1%) and neurosurgery (49; 9.7%). More than three-fourths [83.5%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.8-0.867] of the respondents reported that the pandemic had affected their research. About one-third of the respondents (171; 33.9%) reported delays in completing research studies. Respondents adapted to the pandemic's circumstances by making methodological changes in their research (155; 30.8%). Most respondents (301; 59.6%) reported being diverted from their traditional work settings to COVID-19-related clinical services. Respondents conducting prospective studies and randomized controlled trials and those diverted to COVID-related services were significantly more likely to report the adverse research impact. Interpretation & conclusions In our survey, an overwhelming majority of the respondents reported that the pandemic adversely impacted their study. This trend was independent of sex, designation, and research output of individual subjects. The serious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurosciences research warrants the attention and concerted efforts of the research supervisors, institutional heads, funding agencies and other stakeholders.

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COVID-19NeurosciencesPandemicsSARS-CoV-2AdultBiomedical ResearchFemaleHumansIndiaMaleResearch PersonnelSurveys and Questionnairesneuroscience researchPandemicresearch impact

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